Photoshop Tips

Paste into Image
I have received letters from DBM readers on how to insert an image into a TV or Picture Frame type graphic. Well this is how you do it.

1.gif (235 bytes)Create an object, TV, Picture frame or whatever you need to place another image into. I found an older tube I'm gonna use "The DBM backyard special".

2.gif (225 bytes) Press "D" and then "X" to reset to default colors. Ok now here’s an important part. Try and get your Foreground brown color as close to mine. As you can see, its already in the default swatches.

3.gif (235 bytes) Now switch back to the other image. If you have a channel made of the area you need to Paste Into, load it now or select the Magic Wand Tool (as shown) and click inside the space you want this image to be in (make sure you're on that layer when doing so).

I want to paste my image inside my TV screen, so I will use the Magic Wand and click inside my screen, then go to Edit>Paste Into. You will now see the image you had in memory inside the spot.

To move the pasted image/Photograph, press "V" or select the Move Tool and move it to where you like. In most cases we will need to resize the image after we have pasted it in, so then go to Edit>Free Transform. Scale it where you want (like I did), then double click inside the image to apply the transformation. 

You will notice where ever you move your Photo, it will always stay in the spot you have selected (in step 3), this is because it makes a mask on that layer and you don’t see out side that area anymore.

Ok, we're done. 

Now there's one more tip I think you should know. You will probably want to move this TV., Frame or what ever you have made, to another area of the canvas.

First select the layer with the image you just Pasted In (like my jet Photo). Now link the Layer Mask to the image by clicking in between the 2 like shown. Now link the next image (My TV. for example) along with them. Now I can move the Photo, Layer Mask and TV. all at the same time, check out the example below.

 


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