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If I understand you, you want a template like this for example but then you bring in a square image to go underneath but you only want it to print the template outline of the image and not whats outside the template??

If you have coreldraw its really easy

John G;28913 wrote:If you have coreldraw its really easy

LOL I was going to say the same thing but I don't know how to do it photoshop. I find all of adobe products unintuitive.

sorry I knew that i would mislead everybody with my poor example and chose of crap descriptions. I have various sizes of metal that I wish to print on. The coaster with a layer that you can see the shape and size. I really sorry I know this makes no sense if fact worse.

tell me the sample sizes and i will tell you step by step how to cut the shapes in the layers in ps.

hope this will help you a little http://youtu.be/TyJvVS_ffss[/video]

Thank you Paul, I will have a play tomorrow , to night I have to unpick a embroidery polo that's gone wrong, it will all take all night, have to do it order due in tomorrow at noon. Plus the dam picker is blunt. I understand the principal of the template, but if your looking to a set size how does it work then. Once again thank you

size of what Jenny?

Thanks Paul I was up at 6 this morning trying, I did it, I had trouble making a perfect circle but I'm sure that will come with practice. I put the grid on the template so I could cut a 4 by 4 square
for a circle I shall draw around the item then use the tool. I'm very sure that I will not be the only one using your video to learn Many many thanks Jenny

For perfect circle in photoshop hold shift while making circle. This way wont go oval.