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Hi I am new to Photoshop and I have a problem. The last time I gave up on it. I am trying to produce a windows button with slightly different edges and text so the button has an up down effect. I have 2 background layers and 2 text layers (slightly displaced for efect). I can not get the text to apear when the up background and either text layer is selected. It works for the down layer and I don't know how I managed that.

The 5th Layer (Background) is not used.

I can not see any difference between the properties of the 2 button layers. Any help please.

Desmond.

"Des" wrote in message

Hi I am new to Photoshop and I have a problem. The last time I gave up on it. I am trying to produce a windows button with slightly different edges and text so the button has an up down effect. I have 2 background layers and 2 text layers (slightly displaced for efect). I can not get the text to apear when the up background and either text layer is selected. It works for the down layer and I don't know how I managed that.

The 5th Layer (Background) is not used.

I can not see any difference between the properties of the 2 button layers. Any help please.

The most likely problem is the ordering of the layers. Make sure your test layers are both on top of the background layers. Another possibility is that you have the layer mode set to something other than normal for either the text or background layers. Post the image on a web page if possible and one of us can take a look.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

I can't post the image as it is a PDF at the moment. What I wanted to do was select 2 layers at a time and save as a jpg or gif. I created a PDF file Create New layer and copy and paste the up.gif into it. Repeate for bottom layer. Select text from toolbox (which creates a 3rd layer and add text. duplicate text layer and move the text down and right for the 4th layer.

Desmond

Mike Russell wrote:

"Des" wrote in message

Hi I am new to Photoshop and I have a problem. The last time I gave up on it. I am trying to produce a windows button with slightly different edges and text so the button has an up down effect. I have 2 background layers and 2 text layers (slightly displaced for efect). I can not get the text to apear when the up background and either text layer is selected. It works for the down layer and I don't know how I managed that.

The 5th Layer (Background) is not used.

I can not see any difference between the properties of the 2 button layers. Any help please.

The most likely problem is the ordering of the layers. Make sure your test layers are both on top of the background layers. Another possibility is that you have the layer mode set to something other than normal for either the text or background layers. Post the image on a web page if possible and one of us can take a look.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

From: "Des"

I can't post the image as it is a PDF at the moment. What I wanted to do was select 2 layers at a time and save as a jpg or gif. I created a PDF file Create New layer and copy and paste the up.gif into it. Repeate for bottom layer. Select text from toolbox (which creates a 3rd layer and add text. duplicate text layer and move the text down and right for the 4th layer.

The procedure you mention would put the bottom layer on the top after the paste operation. Drag the images around in the layer palette to get them in order. BTW- you probably used a psd, not a pdf.

Another possibility would be to have two completely separate files - copy and paste your "over" layers to a new image, and save that for the web without reference to the original image.

You may find it is less work to have just two image layers - background and text - and add an effects layers over the text layer. Outer glow is a commonly used one. Then you activate the effects layer for your "over" image before saving for web. This is simpler because you just activate one layer to get your over image, and your text only needs to be changed in one place.
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Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/

Thanks for the help. The order they apear in the pallet is important. I ignored the 5th default background, but I did neer 4 layers because when you hit a windows button the text moves down and reight one pixel. Thanks again.

Desmond.

Mike Russell wrote:

From: "Des"

I can't post the image as it is a PDF at the moment. What I wanted to do was select 2 layers at a time and save as a jpg or gif. I created a PDF file Create New layer and copy and paste the up.gif into it. Repeate for bottom layer. Select text from toolbox (which creates a 3rd layer and add text. duplicate text layer and move the text down and right for the 4th layer.

The procedure you mention would put the bottom layer on the top after the paste operation. Drag the images around in the layer palette to get them in order. BTW- you probably used a psd, not a pdf.

Another possibility would be to have two completely separate files - copy and paste your "over" layers to a new image, and save that for the web without reference to the original image.

You may find it is less work to have just two image layers - background and text - and add an effects layers over the text layer. Outer glow is a commonly used one. Then you activate the effects layer for your "over" image before saving for web. This is simpler because you just activate one layer to get your over image, and your text only needs to be changed in one place.
---
Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com/forum/