OT: Photoshop question

Lili wrote on 10/22/2007, 9:44 AM

Hi - I know this is way OT but I tried to get an answer from the photoshop forum to no avail. Since the people in the Vegas video forum are multi-talented geniuses (from my experience) I am turning to you guys.
Been working on designing a cover for a cd using Photoshop elements 6.0. I have a background solid colour layer and several layers of text. What I'm trying to do is add a picture layer using a picture I have in TIF format, but I don't know how to do this after spending several hours over the past 2 days, searching Help menus, Q&A's, etc. etc. Any help very much appreciated. Thanks!

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Cheno wrote on 10/22/2007, 9:55 AM

I dont' use Elements but I know you should be able to do this - You'll want to change the colorspace on the Tiff image from CMYK to RGB most likely, open the file up and with your selection tool, (change colorspace) draw a selection around the photo - use ctrl+ minus key to minimize the image a bit in the window - copy the image and paste it into your layered text project - it will come in as its own layer - fairly easy -

-cheno

rs170a wrote on 10/22/2007, 9:58 AM

Create a new layer and add the picture to that layer or open the image separately, copy it and paste it to the Photoshop file. It'll add a new layer for you.
If it's too big, resize it as desired.
Is that it or am I missing something in your request?

Mike

edit: Cheno is probably right about the CMYK image as it's caught me more than once :-(

Lili wrote on 10/22/2007, 10:38 AM

I think I'm getting there now. Was finally able to drop the picture on the other layers using the Move Tool (forgot about that one!) - I was trying to drop or copy and paste before - which didn't work.

The image is low res and pixelates when I resize it so I'm working with that now. thanks a lot for all your help - and so quick too!
lili