Photoshop help needed.

[Greensleeves]

Hi everyone
i am useing photoshop cs4 to edit my photos onto a template for mugs. My partner bought a machine for pressing pictures onto plates. Didnt even see this machine yet. All i wanted to know is the steps to putting a circle over a photo the size of the inside of the plate. I tried this in cs4 but all i get is a black circle over my photographs. I cant seem to get this part of my software to work. Its not the softwares fault but mine. has anyone here have any ideas?

[Paul]

tell me what size you want your circle and I will do it for you

[Greensleeves]

Hi Paul
i havent got the plates yet so i dont know. It would be helpful if you could step me through the process.

[Kaz]

Is it not a case of doing layers?

Put the black circle as one layer, and then the photo on top as a seperate layer?

[Greensleeves]

Is it not a case of doing layers?

Put the black circle as one layer, and then the photo on top as a seperate layer?

ill give that a try Kaz and let you know how i get onn.

[Paul]

go and press File > New
set the size whatever you wish to print.
take the eliptical marque tool


then hold the shift buttom and draw your circle of your preffered size.


then hold alt and click twice on little pudlock on your layer till it diesapear


if diesapered click EDIT > CUT


inside of your circle should diesapear and should look like that:


now you ready to place photograph in your new template

if you adjust it to your needs then you can place it "behind" the template layer. simply drag it down


finaly should look like this ready to print for your plates


hope this help.


Paul

[Greensleeves]

I tried what you said Kaz and it still would not let me do what i want to do. I think i am on the right track to inverse the circle to see the picture through it. But alas to no avail. thanks for trying to help me anyway.

[Paul]

there is one more option to do. is more simple but I would sugest to use that one I just posted (above) so circle stay always this same size.
but this is other option:

open image.
same way draw circle around it


then click select > invert


click on the little pudlock twice so picture is unlocked


then click edit > cut


it will look like that


hope it help


Paul

[Greensleeves]

I will give that a try. Thats very good of you to step me throught the process. Here goes......watch this space and if it works i will post the picture. thanks
Patrick

[Paul]

no probs but it will work trust me. if you stuck somwhere just let me know.

Paul