How flip horizontal a selection?

I have scanned a floor plan and flipped the entire canvas. Now, the descriptions of each room read backwards. I would like to know if there is a way to select each description and flip them horizontally so they read correctly. I have posted this question before - but the instructions I received don't seem to work. Perhaps I am doing it wrong. I am using PS
8.0 with a PC. I have tried selecting the lettering, then marking it (puts
little boxes around it), then clicking inside and selecting Transform - then selected flip horizontal - but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help? Thanks.......

Bobby writes ...

I have scanned a floor plan and flipped the entire canvas. Now, the descriptions of each room read backwards. I would like to know if there is a way to select each description and flip them horizontally so they read correctly. I have posted this question before - but the instructions I received don't seem to work.

If you have each "description" on a separate text layer then it's easy, just select that text layer and do Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal .... I just tried this out and it works fine.

If you don't have separate text layers then that's a whole 'nother problem :)

On 14 Dec 2005 15:41:14 -0800, "Bill Hilton" found these unused words floating about:

Bobby writes ...

I have scanned a floor plan and flipped the entire canvas. Now, the descriptions of each room read backwards. I would like to know if there is a way to select each description and flip them horizontally so they read correctly. I have posted this question before - but the instructions I received don't seem to work.

If you have each "description" on a separate text layer then it's easy, just select that text layer and do Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal ... I just tried this out and it works fine.

If you don't have separate text layers then that's a whole 'nother problem :)

A scan wouldn't have the descriptions as text.

Select the 'text', cut and paste. Flip each on its layer as you paste. Then merge all the 'text' layers.

"+++Bobby "O"+++" wrote in message

I have scanned a floor plan and flipped the entire canvas. Now, the descriptions of each room read backwards. I would like to know if there is a way to select each description and flip them horizontally so they read correctly. I have posted this question before - but the instructions I received don't seem to work. Perhaps I am doing it wrong. I am using PS
8.0 with a PC. I have tried selecting the lettering, then marking it (puts
little boxes around it), then clicking inside and selecting Transform - then selected flip horizontal - but nothing seems to happen. Can anyone help? Thanks.......

I am using Photoshop CS2, but I expect it is done the same way.

On the tools pallet, select either the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" or the "Lasso Tool", and use one of them to make a selection around the text to be "flipped".

Then go to - EDIT / TRANSFORM / FLIP HORIZONTAL which should flip your selection.
Then go to - SELECT / DESELECT to deselect the text.

It should be that easy !!!!!

Good luck
Mick

After you select the text press <control>C to copy it. Then press <control>V to paste it on to a new layer. Then go to Edit - Transform - Flip horizontal and the text will flip. You may have to move it to the proper place after this. When you are done with all of them you can flatten the image or merge all the layers you added into one layer

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"John Forest" wrote:

After you select the text press <control>C to copy it. Then press <control>V to paste it on to a new layer. Then go to Edit - Transform - Flip horizontal and the text will flip. You may have to move it to the proper place after this. When you are done with all of them you can flatten the image or merge all the layers you added into one layer

This is cumbersome and unnecessary.

It is not necessary to use copy and then Paste to make a selection into a layer. Just make the selection and use Command-J to make the selection into a new layer. (IN Photoshop, it is not necessary to use Copy-Paste for almost anything, unless you are planning to copy from Photoshop and pasting into a differrent application.)

But even that is not necessary. Just make the selection and use Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal.

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The last suggestion doesn't work - probably because I only have one layer - and that is the background. Any other suggestions? Thanks......

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"John Forest" wrote:

After you select the text press <control>C to copy it. Then press <control>V to paste it on to a new layer. Then go to Edit - Transform - Flip horizontal and the text will flip. You may have to move it to the proper place after this. When you are done with all of them you can flatten
the image or merge all the layers you added into one layer

This is cumbersome and unnecessary.

It is not necessary to use copy and then Paste to make a selection into a layer. Just make the selection and use Command-J to make the selection into a new layer. (IN Photoshop, it is not necessary to use Copy-Paste for almost anything, unless you are planning to copy from Photoshop and pasting into a differrent application.)

But even that is not necessary. Just make the selection and use Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal.

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On 12/15/05 7:12 PM, in article LDnof.41798$, "+++Bobby "O"+++" wrote:

The last suggestion doesn't work - probably because I only have one layer - and that is the background. Any other suggestions? Thanks......

"tacit" wrote in message

In article ,
"John Forest" wrote:

After you select the text press <control>C to copy it. Then press <control>V to paste it on to a new layer. Then go to Edit - Transform - Flip horizontal and the text will flip. You may have to move it to the proper place after this. When you are done with all of them you can flatten
the image or merge all the layers you added into one layer

This is cumbersome and unnecessary.

It is not necessary to use copy and then Paste to make a selection into a layer. Just make the selection and use Command-J to make the selection into a new layer. (IN Photoshop, it is not necessary to use Copy-Paste for almost anything, unless you are planning to copy from Photoshop and pasting into a differrent application.)

But even that is not necessary. Just make the selection and use Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal.

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If you double-click the name of the layer in the layers palette, you will be able to change the name and work with the layer just the same as any other. Then follow the instructions above.
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Bobby O writes ...

The last suggestion doesn't work - probably because I only have one layer - and that is the background. Any other suggestions? Thanks.

OK, *this* will work ... I just tried it ... select the text, do cntrl-J (which puts the text selection on a new layer) ... type v to get the move tool and move the text off a bit and with the text layer active do Edit - Transform - Flip Horizontal ... this fixes the text orientation but you still have a copy of the original mirrored text in the way so cover that up with the Clone tool if it has a simple background or if it's in a 'busy' area that's hard to clone over convincingly I'd just draw a box with the rect marquee tool and fill with a color that's contrasty to the text so it looks like you're creating 'text boxes' on purpose ... then move the flipped text back into this box (or if you were able to clone successfully, move the text anywhere you like).

If you have problems with this let me know and I'll post a couple of jpegs showing the steps, but this should do it ...

Bill

On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 19:12:31 -0500, "+++Bobby \"O\"+++" wrote:

The last suggestion doesn't work - probably because I only have one layer - and that is the background. Any other suggestions? Thanks......

You must be doing something wrong. Mick's method is very simple and it works for me. It was what I was going to suggest until I saw his post. I'll repeat his post here:

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I am using Photoshop CS2, but I expect it is done the same way.

On the tools pallet, select either the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" or the "Lasso Tool", and use one of them to make a selection around the text to be "flipped".

Then go to - EDIT / TRANSFORM / FLIP HORIZONTAL which should flip your selection.
Then go to - SELECT / DESELECT to deselect the text.

It should be that easy !!!!!
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And it is just that easy.

Ken

Ken Hall writes ...

You must be doing something wrong. Mick's method is very simple and it works for me.

What you describe works fine if the background is one color but if the text is over a pattern or gradient (say the sky) then it may not work well since that part of the pattern in the selection also gets flipped.

On 16 Dec 2005 21:19:53 -0800, "Bill Hilton"
wrote:

Ken Hall writes ...

You must be doing something wrong. Mick's method is very simple and it works for me.

What you describe works fine if the background is one color but if the text is over a pattern or gradient (say the sky) then it may not work well since that part of the pattern in the selection also gets flipped.

I would think the words on a floor plan should work nicely. Also, I'm not sure tidiness is his concern.

Ken

Thanks, everybody!!! The problem turned out to be that my image was scanned in Black & White. So, I converted it to Grayscale - then to RGB. Then I was able to Flip Horizontal.

"+++Bobby "O"+++" wrote in message

The last suggestion doesn't work - probably because I only have one layer - and that is the background. Any other suggestions? Thanks......

"tacit" wrote in message

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"John Forest" wrote:

After you select the text press <control>C to copy it. Then press <control>V to paste it on to a new layer. Then go to Edit - Transform - Flip horizontal and the text will flip. You may have to move it to the proper place after this. When you are done with all of them you can flatten
the image or merge all the layers you added into one layer

This is cumbersome and unnecessary.

It is not necessary to use copy and then Paste to make a selection into a layer. Just make the selection and use Command-J to make the selection into a new layer. (IN Photoshop, it is not necessary to use Copy-Paste for almost anything, unless you are planning to copy from Photoshop and pasting into a differrent application.)

But even that is not necessary. Just make the selection and use Edit->Transform->Flip Horizontal.

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