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Hi…
I’ve created a CS file that consists of several images and many type elements. Each image and type element is on a separate layer. The file is 11×17" at 360 ppi.
You can see the page here:
<http://www.johnblaustein.com/cs.htm>
I have a few questions:
For each of the five photographs, I created a separate file. In each image file, I added several adjustment layers to correct the color — I did this by clicking the Create New Layer or Adjustment Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette — I did not use the Layer Menu. I renamed the background layer (the image) to "Image." Then, I linked all the layers and created a new layer set which I named so I could identify which set is which. I found that if I didn’t rename the background layer, I could not include it in the layer set.
I then cropped the three horizontal images (not the sheep or the cover image) to the size I wanted them in my composite. I cropped the sheep and cover to the approximate size in the final composite.
I then dragged each of the layer sets from the individual files to my composite. I resized the sheep using Free Transform. I resized and rotated the cover using Free Transform.
Everything worked fine, except one thing: All of the adjustment layers from each of the five layer sets effected all the layers below once I dragged them onto the composite. I ended up going back to each individual file and flattening them before dragging onto the composite. This worked, but I was hoping to be able to re-adjust each image from within the composite should it become necessary.
Is there a way I could have kept all of the adjustment layers for each individual image on the composite so that the corresponding adjustment layer only worked on its own image? I know that I can create a new adjustment layer to change just one of the image components on the composite by using Layer>New Adjustment Layer and clicking Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. (As noted above, I created the adjustment layers in the individual image files by clicking the Create New Layer or Adjustment Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette — I did not use the Layer Menu. Perhaps that was my mistake.)
About Free Transform: To get the cover image just the way I wanted it, I had to play around with the size — making it larger, smaller, larger again. If, after making it smaller, I then make it larger, is data lost that will effect the final image quality? The changes are all in the 1/4" to 1/2" range on this page.
Thanks for any help here!
John
I’ve created a CS file that consists of several images and many type elements. Each image and type element is on a separate layer. The file is 11×17" at 360 ppi.
You can see the page here:
<http://www.johnblaustein.com/cs.htm>
I have a few questions:
For each of the five photographs, I created a separate file. In each image file, I added several adjustment layers to correct the color — I did this by clicking the Create New Layer or Adjustment Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette — I did not use the Layer Menu. I renamed the background layer (the image) to "Image." Then, I linked all the layers and created a new layer set which I named so I could identify which set is which. I found that if I didn’t rename the background layer, I could not include it in the layer set.
I then cropped the three horizontal images (not the sheep or the cover image) to the size I wanted them in my composite. I cropped the sheep and cover to the approximate size in the final composite.
I then dragged each of the layer sets from the individual files to my composite. I resized the sheep using Free Transform. I resized and rotated the cover using Free Transform.
Everything worked fine, except one thing: All of the adjustment layers from each of the five layer sets effected all the layers below once I dragged them onto the composite. I ended up going back to each individual file and flattening them before dragging onto the composite. This worked, but I was hoping to be able to re-adjust each image from within the composite should it become necessary.
Is there a way I could have kept all of the adjustment layers for each individual image on the composite so that the corresponding adjustment layer only worked on its own image? I know that I can create a new adjustment layer to change just one of the image components on the composite by using Layer>New Adjustment Layer and clicking Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. (As noted above, I created the adjustment layers in the individual image files by clicking the Create New Layer or Adjustment Layer Icon at the bottom of the Layers Palette — I did not use the Layer Menu. Perhaps that was my mistake.)
About Free Transform: To get the cover image just the way I wanted it, I had to play around with the size — making it larger, smaller, larger again. If, after making it smaller, I then make it larger, is data lost that will effect the final image quality? The changes are all in the 1/4" to 1/2" range on this page.
Thanks for any help here!
John
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