Robert Montgomery wrote:
Joel wrote:
Robert Montgomery wrote:
I apologize, guys, for not being clear. Thanks for trying to help.
I’ll rephrase the problem.
I made an image.
Then I expanded the canvas, so that the canvas is bigger than the image.
I saved the file, closed it and reopened it, so the History has been wiped out.
Now I want to easily select the image so I can change the image size and then the canvas size.
Your newer cleaner question/explanation is still as clear as mud.
1. "I made an image."
Got it!
2. "Then I expanded the canvas, so that the canvas is bigger than the image"
Got the slideshow how you use the command to create another Layer/Canvas which happen to be larger than the original photo. BUT it still give no clue
a. what you are trying to do
I’m making images so that they have white borders when I print them on white paper or artist’s canvas.
Yup! this is understandable and I bet most people can help you now.
Lets assume the photos are 2:3 RATIO and you want a little BLANK boarders around them. There are MANY different ways but I will try to give one of the simple way to make it easy for you to follow, to adapt the idea to create your own style.
1. Create a BLANK canvas with H x W x R little larger than the photos you gonna added to it.
2. Set the CROP tool to 2.# x 3.# and # is the size of the WHITE boaders you want to add to the original photos. Example 2.1 x 3.1 and you only have to create ONCE/ONE
3. Now, just drag and drop the original photos to it and you have it. Or you drag & drop the larger canvas to the original photos (it’s the same).
I’m taking some of my files that already have white borders and I want to expand them so that they print at a bigger size.
Now you are falling down the dig again. It sounds like you don’t understand the meaning of "RATIO" and I think we may have to have more questions to ask you later.
*Unless* you are trying to increasing the printing quality for the larger print then it’s another story. But I am pretty sure you are talking about the RATIO
To do that I need to isolate the image from the canvas.
When I make a white border all around the image, the image size then includes the canvas size.
I want to isolate the image from the surrounding, white border, so I can trim the border, blow up the image and then add back a border size which in most cases is different from the previous canvas size.
ONCE you got the idea (technique) then different color is the least thing you need to worry about. Or once you get the main thing (blank canvas made) then you can be able to CHANGE to any of 256,000 colors with lighting speed.
Therefore, in most cases I’m adjusting not only the image size, but also the size of the white border.
The white borders are not the same on all sides. They need to be shorter on the top of the image, wider on the bottom, and usually wider oo the right than the left.
Are you talking about the boarder you WANT or the boarder you have problem with?
Shorter TOP = Portrait
Wider BOTTOM = Landscape
Do you know how to use Rotate/Flip/Move etc. command?
b. why you want a larger canvas size
So that the white borders on the printed images is different from size of the white borders that I had made and printed previously,
Explained about RATIO above
c. do you understand the difference between RATIO, Resolution (PDI), Compression, and W x H etc..?
Yes.
Then you should have no problem flowing the RATIO method
One of suggested Ctrl-A? What’s that supposed to do? Do you mean Command-A? I looked up "Ctrl’A" and "Control-A" in Adobe Help Viewer, but it didn’t find anything.
Ctrl-A is for "PC" and PS doesn’t have "Command" key I think it’s only available in the MAC’s world. I am not MAC user to know anything about MAC.
What we Mac users call "Command" is the key two keys to the right of the Control key. Pressing that key along with the "A" key "selects all".
Yup! Ctrl-<A>all is standard command for PC (it’s Windows command which most if not all Windows aps adapt the command)
And I would say if you want some help solving your problem then spelling out exactly what you want the final photo may look like instead of asking how to use some command(s) that you don’t know. Example (general)
1. If you want to print to a larger size.
You DO NOT need to make a larger canvas size
I know that. The reason I need to adjust the canvas size is because I’m more experienced now at using canvas pliers, so I’ve concluded that I need a border of 2.25 inches around my images. This includes 1.375 inches to wrap around the sides of the wooden stretcher bars, and .875 inches for the back of the stretcher bars, for the canvas pliers to grip, so I can pull the canvas tightly around the wooden bar, before stapling the canvas to the wooden stretcher bars.
I don’t think you know that. And you need lot more answer than just Photoshop command alone.
1. First, if you really want the help quicker without many back/forth messages asking you what you really want, then you need to give more detail or exactly what you really want or really need.
Example, 2.25" of blank boarder around the image is already exceeded the 4×6" print.
2. If you want a VERY LARGE print then at least give some hint. Example 4×6′ (or 48×72") then someone here good with mathematic may give you the calculation (of the exact RATIO).
3. And *IF* you need help with the photography, cropping, framing etc. technique, tips etc. then it’s another story. I am a professional photographer and I do retouch and do poster size print quite often, and I never go through the problem you try to do.
a. CROPPING – leave some background
b. FRAMING – put a sheet of WHITE (or whatever color) of paper (you know the thick paper they use for framing) over the photo. I don’t do framing, but that I sometime suggest my clients to do (idea)
Therefore, the previous canvas sizes that I’ve designated in P CS3 are now not the right sizes and need to be adjusted.
2. If you want the picture displays larger on monitor
You DO NOT need to *move* to a larger canvas size
I know that.
I’m using CS3 on a Mac. (I found a Mac-specific Photoshop newsgroup ย
a.p.macintosh ย but it has only 15 messages in it, so I’m less likely to
get help there. This group now has 479 messages in it.)
It’s so hard to get any clue from you, and I still have no clue what size you want to print. So I may just give some general information hoping some may answer your question.
1. *If* you need to do some heavy retouching for large print (lets say 24×36" or larger) then I would suggest to work on 16-bit (I never need 32-bit so never used it). For smaller print or light basic adjusting then 8-bit would be plenty good.
And I am talking about good IQ (Image Quality) taken by good lens and professional DSLR camera. Around 10MP would be okay, 15-20+MP would be better.
2. 150-300 PPI would be plenty good (more won’t bite ya). And if you want to push it over the edge (less than 150 PPI) or extra insurance (whatever you call it, or taking advantage of newer techinology etc.) then you may want to Increase the Size by **** PERCENTAGE****
Yes, *PERCENTAGE* like 100% 150% etc. *not* larger W x H x R
Other than that I can give you some secret that I NEVER use TIFF (I have nothing to against it but just don’t need it) but JPG all the way. Some photolab may suggest to use .TIFF but they would accept JPG, and I don’t like the idea of uploading 200-300MB TIFF file (single file as I tested) so I continue using JPG and still happy with the result.
Robert