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1. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
dec9 Nov 30, 2009 8:19 PM (in response to talbot)deleted by me
Sorry, there is a refine edge tool under select. Draw around your selection, select the tool, where it reads feather on the option bar choose how much feather you want then hit refine edge. You will have to play with the feather amount to your liking of course.
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2. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
talbot Nov 30, 2009 8:28 PM (in response to dec9)Thanks dec9! That is exactly what I was looking for.
But to expound on it a bit, are there filters or masks to do things like "aging" or a parchment/scroll effects?
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3. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
talbot Nov 30, 2009 8:40 PM (in response to dec9)Wait, I jumped the gun... I select all and then try to apply the refine edge tool but nothing happens - I tried extremes to make sure I wasn't missing something but see no changes. I also tried drawing a line around the edge and tried to apply the tool and again, nothing.
Is there a step I missed?
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4. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
D Fosse-QDEaQ1 Dec 1, 2009 12:07 AM (in response to talbot)For some reason the selections now stick to the canvas edges and can't be feathered or contracted.
Draw your selection inside the canvas edge, or try Select > Border. That still works.
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5. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
John Joslin Dec 1, 2009 12:36 AM (in response to D Fosse-QDEaQ1)D Fosse wrote:
For some reason the selections now stick to the canvas edges and can't be feathered or contracted.
Yes – another one of those features they introduced that nobody wants.
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6. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
Reynolds (Mark) Dec 1, 2009 4:09 AM (in response to John Joslin)Yes I agree, thats a completely illogical and valueless change . So this is a deliberate change then, you saying John? Sure it probably helps a few people doing some obscure specific tasks, but its the kind of thing that should have been a preference to accomodate them. Not compulsory, since it flies in the face of the whole logic and behaviour of selections.
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7. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
John Joslin Dec 1, 2009 4:49 AM (in response to Reynolds (Mark))Reynolds (Mark) wrote:
So this is a deliberate change then, you saying John?
I don't think it was deliberate as much as a by-product of the "new improved" GUI, which they didn't have time to deal with in the timescale of the upgrade cycle (which is governed by by marketing considerations and not by engineering).
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8. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
Reynolds (Mark) Dec 1, 2009 6:06 AM (in response to John Joslin)Its nothing to do with the GUI, its some coding change to do with selections. Which is most likely as you said a deliberate thing of some sort. Hard to believe it can be a mistake. GUI is only the interface.
In CS3 you could make a selection, move it partly OUT of the canvas area, choose Contract Selection, and it would affect the selected area outside as well as within the visible canvas. Logical and consistent. In CS4 this command will eliminate any selection outside the canvas area, and crop to the canvas edges. Just a move backwards in behaviour not forwards.
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9. Re: Making an image "fit in" into another original image
talbot Dec 1, 2009 11:24 PM (in response to D Fosse-QDEaQ1)I can't get it to work. I tried narrowing the select area from the edge but still, no change. The only way I can figure out to change the edge is bevel from the layer adjustment screen.
Thanks for any further help anyone can provide because the rant thing kind of lost me a bit...

