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simplify layer

May 7, 2012 3:05 PM

I am unable to simplify a photo layer since upgrading from Elements version 6 to version 10, any suggestions?

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  • Barbara B.
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    1. Barbara B.,
    May 7, 2012 3:24 PM   in reply to mom672
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    What happens when you try?

     
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  • mom672
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    2. mom672,
    May 9, 2012 7:36 PM   in reply to mom672
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    Nothing, the option does not even come up.  When i used version 6 I did not have this problem.  The photo files I am using were scanned with the new version, but the old files do not work either.

     
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    3. photodrawken,
    May 9, 2012 7:48 PM   in reply to mom672
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    Post a screenshot of your Layers Palette.

     

    Ken

     
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    4. Barbara B.,
    May 9, 2012 9:23 PM   in reply to mom672
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    Nothing, the option does not even come up

    Not even under the Layer menu at the top of your screen?

     
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  • mom672
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    5. mom672,
    May 10, 2012 9:47 PM   in reply to Barbara B.
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    No not anywhere.

     

     

    On Wed, 09 May 2012 22:23:39 -0600

     
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  • mom672
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    6. mom672,
    May 10, 2012 9:59 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    I'm not sure how to do that, but everything is highlighted except Layer Content Options, Type, Simplify Layer and Arrange.  When I try to add a photo to a template the photo automatically goes to the center of the screen even though I have clicked on the layer of the template I want the photo to go into.  I used this method before in version 6 and had no problems with it.

     
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  • photodrawken
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    7. photodrawken,
    May 10, 2012 10:11 PM   in reply to mom672
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    1. Press Alt+PrtScn on your keyboard to copy the PSE screen to the Clipboard.
    2. In the PSE Editor, use File...New...Image from Clipboard to get the image of that screenshot.
    3. Use the Crop tool to crop the screenshot down to just the right-hand panel (showing the Layers Palette).
    4. Save the file as MyLayers.png.
    5. When you're typing your reply in the forum, hit the camera icon at the top of the editing window, and you can browse to that MyLayers.png file to embed it into your message.

     

    Ken

     
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  • Barbara B.
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    8. Barbara B.,
    May 10, 2012 10:16 PM   in reply to mom672
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    What kind of layer are you trying to simplify? I'm not sure what a "photo layer" is, but only vector layers (shapes, text, things like that) need to be simplified.

     
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  • mom672
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    9. mom672,
    May 12, 2012 9:46 AM   in reply to Barbara B.
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    Barbara,  the layer contains a photo image and you have to simplify it if you are adding it to a template.  You then group with previous to merge the two layers.  The photo edges are then hidden.

     
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    May 12, 2012 9:59 AM   in reply to mom672
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    photodrawken,  when i push the Alt button the layer window disappears.

     
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    11. mom672,
    May 12, 2012 10:27 AM   in reply to mom672
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    photodrawken, I figured out how to do it, but it says the content type of the image is not allowed.

     
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    12. mom672,
    May 12, 2012 10:31 AM   in reply to mom672
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    MyLayer.jpg

     
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    13. mom672,
    May 12, 2012 10:32 AM   in reply to mom672
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    I should try all options before I say anything!

     
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  • photodrawken
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    14. photodrawken,
    May 12, 2012 12:58 PM   in reply to mom672
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    OK, now that you've figured out how to capture the screen , we need to see your Layers Palette.

     

    Basically, what you're noticing is because an appropriate layer is not selected in the Layers Palette.

     

    Ken

     
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  • mom672
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    15. mom672,
    May 12, 2012 9:28 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    MyLayer copy.jpg

     
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  • photodrawken
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    16. photodrawken,
    May 12, 2012 9:44 PM   in reply to mom672
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    Yep, it's just as I said -- that "bree2nd.jpg" layer can't be simplified because it's already a pixel layer.  In other words, there's nothing on that layer (either an effect or a vector shape) that can be rasterized (converted to simple pixels).

     

    Ken

     
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  • mom672
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    17. mom672,
    May 17, 2012 1:50 PM   in reply to photodrawken
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    I don't understand why not, when I have done this several times in the past.  You have to simplify the layer to group with a previous shape layer in order to hide the edges of the photo layer.  Is there a different way to do this in version 10?

     
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