Photoshop Elements 9

SierraGulf1

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23 Oct 2010 - 6:35 PM

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Hey all

I have got photoshop elements 9 and im following an on-line tutorial to make a polaroid style collage iv made my first one then it wants me to group my images, I cant find anywhere the function to group the layers. Can this be done? i can link them but that's not the same

Any help or advice would be fantastic thanks!

Adam

BigRick

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23 Oct 2010 - 7:42 PM

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just had a look,,,, you could use flatten image..... i guess the idea is that now you have finished making your image you want to make all the layers 'one image' and merge them together?

BigRick

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23 Oct 2010 - 9:58 PM

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learn something new every day.... never knew you could do that,,,, but then never needed to either.

cameracat (e2 Member)

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24 Oct 2010 - 10:45 AM

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Quote: but then never needed to either

LOL.....

There is more and more guff the deeper you dig, But the real question is how much of it as actually useful in a day to day photo tweaking......?

It may be wonderful if your creating a masterpiece composite, That involved a dozen images, Or bits of each to complete just one image.

But if all you wanna do is adjust the levels, Tweak a curve, Alter the saturation, Add a little sharpening, To a perfectly well exposed/composed photograph......

I can't help wondering if its all going a bit " Over The Top " these days.....!!!

That said the old " Layers " thing is the key to composite images, I find them invaluable for creating covers for CD & DVD albums, Or creating advertising flyers etc etc, Because apart from the flexibility when your actually working, So long as you save them as " PSDs " you can always go back and change any single component within the composite.....

Quite handy when you realise you have spelled a customers business name wrong, Or mad a typo.....

I guess the real beauty of softwares like PS Elements & Photoshop, Is that there is something for everyone from a simple photo tweak to a full on composite creation.....

If there was one tip that applies to most things post production wise, Its " Less Is Often More " .....Go carefully with those sliders out there....