Need a little help with multiple images on a canvas

[Steve]

I'm not sure this is what your asking but you can free hand the transform and then type info into the boxes to fine tune the selection.

Make sure you click on the little link icon to maintain aspect ratio.

[plnewton]

Well I am open to suggestions

I have since found there is an option under the Marquee tool to specify the size in inches which is perfect, so if if I start with the background image I can then use the Marquee tool to specify the size in inches that I need for each cut out where the Image is going to be dropped in later

There is never any soft edges or anything, the back ground is a solid colour and there could be three or four images on the canvas so the tricky bit has always been getting the gaps between the images all exactly the same

[Dezigns Unlimited]

Or grab the corner and hold down shift, that will also activate "Constrain Proportions"...

[Gaussian]

If you want to soften the edges on the Marquee tool just add a number to the "Feather" box... the higher the number the more it will soften the edge. Remember to change it back to 0 when you want a hard edge.

[plnewton]

Ok This is what I am doing

I have created an Image that is 30 inches Wide x 26 Inches High and I have 1 Image that is 24 x 20 and two that are 10 x 8 all images are portrait orientation, I need t have a 1 inch border in between all the images and a 1 inch border around the outside of the canvas

So I create my base Canvas and then add a Colour Over lay to it in Black, I then use the Marquee tool and select the Fixed size option and enter in the size of the first mask which is 23.75 x 19.75 (slightly smaller than the actual image)

It is at this point that I need to try and get the Selection I have made with the Marquee tool in the correct position, I need to either tell it the position is going to be 1 inch from the top and 1 inch from the left or work out the number of pixels and enter it but as soon as I go to Free transform and try to move it cuts out the selection leaving it in the original position I created it in

I am at a bit of loss now as to how to get it in the correct position

[plnewton]

Its OK, I think I got it (the penny just dropped)

I have been selecting Free Transform from the edit menu where I should have been selecting Transform from the Select Menu

[Gaussian]

Right. Free Transform will transform whatever pixels are inside the selection... Select --> Transform Selection will transform the selection itself.

[plnewton]

Well with a few pointers from you guys and a little googling we managed to make some new templates in Photoshop, it is then first time we have managed to get anything done that size without having to drop the res down, anything over 250 dpi in photoimapct was just not going to happen

Thanks for the tips everyone

Cheers

[Gaussian]

You are welcome.

Feel free to post up your designs and you can probably get some good constructive feedback from the community.

[ronnier38930]

great information here