You couldn't do a bucket fill with the pattern/color you wanted on your base layer?
And layers...they took forever to get used to in GIMP, but now I love them. Not sure how PS handles the text; GIMP lets me cut and past in text box, so far no limit on amount of text.
So, that was your computer I saw flying out the window as I walked across the common area this afternoon? *g*
You can always get colour to stay on the background using the paint bucket tool. And use Layers. Layers are brilliant. A book or something on Photoshop may help, but sometimes the best way is just mess around with it. You're just in luck it's made of indestructible material, not made of glass.
I'm not sure about the text thing. The best I can say is copy it in Word itself, as text, and then paste it when you've the TEXT option selected in PS. And make sure you select the area of the image where you want the text to go (you do that by clicking the bracket-bar on the image: the cursor will start to blink.). Then just do Ctrl-V. Should paste. But you might have to mess with the text options (font type, style, size) to get it to look how you want it to.
butbutbut... where oh where IS the paint bucket tool? *whimper* (Don't worry, I'll find it eventually.)
Don't get me wrong, though - I am *really* excited about Layers - it's why I want to learn Photoshop. The program I usually use (iPhotoPlus) lets you input text, but then it kinda pastes it down - you can't change the text on one part of the picture without undoing everything you've done since, and if you've done too many things, you can't change it at all. Similar problems with pasting multiple images onto a background - you can only move the one you've added most recently.
Paint bucket tool should be right above the "T". You can switch the paint bucket to a gradient. So it might look like a little gradient square instead.
Never had the privilege of using iPhoto - so definitely not the Plus version! Are you using an Apple?
It's a Windows program, actually. It worked better with Windows 95; I've lost some of the functionality, primarily while saving, in Windows XP. (It no longer brings up resolution options for saving JPG's, which is why I do drafts in bitmaps and only convert to JPG at the end, if that's what I want. In fact, on my home computer, it won't "save as" anymore, but on my work computer, it will. Go figure.)
We're a bi-computeral family; husband and son have Mac's, I have a Windows machine because it's what I got used to using at work. I like Mac's better, but I have gotten used to Windows.
This may be too late to do any good...but here's directions for Adobe 7 run in Windows. Even if it's not exact, it should be close.
First, go to the "Window" box on the top of the screen and click on "Layers". This will show you your current layers. You should have only one and it will be labelled Background. Double-click on the label and give it a new name. This will transform it from a background layer to a standard layer. This will give you more versatility
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And layers...they took forever to get used to in GIMP, but now I love them. Not sure how PS handles the text; GIMP lets me cut and past in text box, so far no limit on amount of text.
So, that was your computer I saw flying out the window as I walked across the common area this afternoon? *g*
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I'm hot-to-trot about learning to do layers - it's just going to take some time.
So, that was your computer I saw flying out the window as I walked across the common area this afternoon? *g*
LOL! Fortunately not. I managed to force it to do my will, kludgily though it may have been.
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I'm not sure about the text thing. The best I can say is copy it in Word itself, as text, and then paste it when you've the TEXT option selected in PS. And make sure you select the area of the image where you want the text to go (you do that by clicking the bracket-bar on the image: the cursor will start to blink.). Then just do Ctrl-V. Should paste. But you might have to mess with the text options (font type, style, size) to get it to look how you want it to.
Hope your day's brightened up a bit!
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Don't get me wrong, though - I am *really* excited about Layers - it's why I want to learn Photoshop. The program I usually use (iPhotoPlus) lets you input text, but then it kinda pastes it down - you can't change the text on one part of the picture without undoing everything you've done since, and if you've done too many things, you can't change it at all. Similar problems with pasting multiple images onto a background - you can only move the one you've added most recently.
Thanks for brightening my day!
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Never had the privilege of using iPhoto - so definitely not the Plus version! Are you using an Apple?
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Thanks!
Are you using an Apple?
It's a Windows program, actually. It worked better with Windows 95; I've lost some of the functionality, primarily while saving, in Windows XP. (It no longer brings up resolution options for saving JPG's, which is why I do drafts in bitmaps and only convert to JPG at the end, if that's what I want. In fact, on my home computer, it won't "save as" anymore, but on my work computer, it will. Go figure.)
We're a bi-computeral family; husband and son have Mac's, I have a Windows machine because it's what I got used to using at work. I like Mac's better, but I have gotten used to Windows.
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First, go to the "Window" box on the top of the screen and click on "Layers". This will show you your current layers. You should have only one and it will be labelled Background. Double-click on the label and give it a new name. This will transform it from a background layer to a standard layer. This will give you more versatility ( ... )
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*pounces* Yes, please, ma'am! *snogs*
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