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Transparent tables in Photoshop

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  • 09-04-2008 5:47pm
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    LostinBlanch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭


    Hi, I looked in the PS tips and tricks forum and couldn't find out how to make transparent tables to use as placeholders for pics. I want to do two things.
    1. merge a number of images together in one strip much like the header in this site, and have the same effect on the edges.
    2. insert a logo and put a text box beside it and then grouping it to save as one image.

    I thik I'm on the right track, but if anyones got better ideas how to do this I'm all ears!

    Cheers

    LIB


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    5uspect
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 10,518 Mod ✭✭✭✭5uspect


    You should find an action that does that for you.
    One method would be to use the Contact Sheet script (found under file > automate)
    and then use a layer mask and a gradient to get the blend.

    Ideally you would merge every second layer to one layer and every other to another.
    Then when it comes to applying the mask to fade the edges you only need use a single mask on the top layer.


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    haz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 313 ✭✭haz


    LostinBlanch wrote: »
    Hi, I looked in the PS tips and tricks forum and couldn't find out how to make transparent tables to use as placeholders for pics.

    I had a similar task of creating correctly-sized CD / DVD covers from images or text for the front, back and spine while resizing (with a change in aspect ratio if necessary) the source images. In the end I used Open Office Writer because it allows you to specify a transparent placeholder with all the parameters (size, stretch- and aspect mode) and then switch the path to the source image.

    I suppose saving a PDF would get the result back out as a readable image file to edit the result.


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