Multiple images on one canvas (cont'd)

Hi Again
This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 . Only difference being that the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through. I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?
I have tried using the stroke tool on each image before I copy them onto the new canvas but this is not successful as I need to use the 'centre' option which gives rounded corners.
regards
Peter

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"My View" <no spam > wrote:

This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 . Only difference being that the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through. I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?
I have tried using the stroke tool on each image before I copy them onto the new canvas but this is not successful as I need to use the 'centre' option which gives rounded corners.

Okay, easy way to do this:

Step 1: Create a new document that will contain all the images.

Step 2: Do not copy your images into the new document. Photoshop is not like other computer programs. Using Copy/Paste to get images from one window to another window is wasteful of RAM, and inefficient. here is an easier, faster way to do it. Click on the move tool in the upper part of the toolbar and simply drag an image out of its window and into the new document; it's that easy.

Step 3: On your keyboard, hold down the Control (Mac: Command) key. Click on the thumbnail for the layer that you just created in the Layers palette.

Step 4: Use the Edit->Stroke command to put your border around the image.

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My View wrote:
Hi Again
This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 .

Very creative :)

Only difference being that
the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through.

That's what I would do, this is easier than stroking or adding black borders to each image.

I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?

Instead of grids I'd lay down "Guides" at the right spacing ... the images will snap to these. Will take a bit of work to define the exact pixel dimensions of the guides and add them but once you do this it will probably seem worth the effort.

Bill

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"Bill Hilton" wrote:

My View wrote:
Hi Again
This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 .

Very creative :)

Only difference being that
the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through.

That's what I would do, this is easier than stroking or adding black borders to each image.

I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?

Instead of grids I'd lay down "Guides" at the right spacing ... the images will snap to these. Will take a bit of work to define the exact pixel dimensions of the guides and add them but once you do this it will probably seem worth the effort.

Another way would be an all black layer (with paint bucket) then drag each picture onto the canvas

Stewy wrote:
Another way would be an all black layer (with paint bucket) then drag each picture onto the canvas

I think that's what he's going to do already ... the question is what's the best way to align the borders exactly ... his first thought was with the grid, my suggestion was to add Guides ... either way the dragged images will snap to the gird/guide once he gets them defined precisely.

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Stewy wrote:

Another way would be an all black layer (with paint bucket) then drag each picture onto the canvas

This is something that many novice Photoshop users struggle with, but the Paint Bucket tool in Photoshop is not a fill tool. It is not like the Paint Bucket tool in other painting programs; its purpose is not to fill an area with color.

It works on an empty layer, but that's coincidence. What the Paint Bucket tool actually is is a combination of the Magic Wand and the Fill command. It works by recording the color of the place you clicked on; then it moves outward from that point in all directions, filling as it goes, until it finds an area of different color, where it stops.

If you develop the habit of using the Paint Bucket to fill an area, that habit will get you into trouble later on as you use Photoshop for more sophisticated things.

There is no fill tool in Photoshop, because Adobe made it even easier to fill an area than going over to the toolbar and clicking on a tool. In Photoshop, you fill an area by holding down the Alt key on your keyboard and pressing the Delete key. It's that easy. :)

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"My View" <no spam > wrote in message

Hi Again
This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 . Only difference being that the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through. I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?
I have tried using the stroke tool on each image before I copy them onto the new canvas but this is not successful as I need to use the 'centre' option which gives rounded corners.
regards
Peter

Hey! Is this a good use for live objects that I know very little about but is a feature of CS2?

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"My View" <no spam > wrote in message

Hi Again
This is a continuation of an older post I made a month ago. I want to add a number of different sized images to a new canvas with black borders/lines between each image to get a final poster-type look. Example of what I want to achieve can be found here
http://www.pbase.com/abbarich/image/21697432 . Only difference being that the images I will be using will be at different heights as well as different widths.
What is the best way to achieve this? I am thinking a black canvas with the images added with a gap to bring the black border through. I imagine the grid would have to be set-up accurately to give the required border/line width. This could mean a very small grid spacing if I only want say 10px lines. Is there a simpler way?
I have tried using the stroke tool on each image before I copy them onto the new canvas but this is not successful as I need to use the 'centre' option which gives rounded corners.
regards
Peter

tacit wrote:

In article ,
Stewy wrote:

Another way would be an all black layer (with paint bucket) then drag each picture onto the canvas

This is something that many novice Photoshop users struggle with, but the Paint Bucket tool in Photoshop is not a fill tool. It is not like the Paint Bucket tool in other painting programs; its purpose is not to fill an area with color.

It works on an empty layer, but that's coincidence. What the Paint Bucket tool actually is is a combination of the Magic Wand and the Fill command. It works by recording the color of the place you clicked on; then it moves outward from that point in all directions, filling as it goes, until it finds an area of different color, where it stops.
If you develop the habit of using the Paint Bucket to fill an area, that habit will get you into trouble later on as you use Photoshop for more sophisticated things.

There is no fill tool in Photoshop, because Adobe made it even easier to fill an area than going over to the toolbar and clicking on a tool. In Photoshop, you fill an area by holding down the Alt key on your keyboard and pressing the Delete key. It's that easy. :)

thanks

I was looking for that 15 + year old bucket in vain

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