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Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 1:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey in photoshop 7, how can I make the crop tool not be square? I can't seem to make it rectangle (or have the "movers" in the middle-only in the corners....

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-22-2004

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 5:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Julieboo. . . you should be able to hit shift and "M" at the same time to toggle between shapes. I have lost all my software that I had in the move, so I don't have it on my computer at the moment, but that's what I remember doing.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't get it. Nothing seems to work....(i've been photoshop-less for almost 2 years and am very rusty) Plus i was working in photoshop 6 and 5.5.

Also, how do you make a brush have a hard edge or soft edge and control how soft or hard it is?

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Julieboo, it's possible your Photoshop preference file has been corrupted. I assume you're running OS 9. (Make sure Photoshop is closed.) If so, find the Photoshop preference file in the Preferences folder in your System Folder.

System Folder -> Preferences -> Photoshop preferences

Take that file, put it in the trash and empty it (delete it.)

See if that corrects the issue (or, if you're running OS X, post again here.)

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm running 10.3.5
(and thanks...)

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, give me a few Julieboo...

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok, to delete Photoshop preferences under OS X, double click your hard drive open. On the left side, select your username, it's next to the house icon. Double click open the Library folder. Double click open the Preferences folder. Doubel click open the Photoshop 7 Settings folder. Drag the Adobe Photoshop 7 Prefs file to the trash and delete it.

Make sure Photoshop isn't open.

See if that works.

Graceunderfyre
Member

01-22-2004

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
did the shift M work? Maybe it's ctrl M. . .

anyway, with the newer photoshops, there will be a "menu" of options for each tool that comes up just under the menu bar. It's detachable, but I always keep it attached so I don't lose it. on that menu, it'll have a drop menu or a check the box option for the different shapes when you are using the crop tool. When you use the brush tool, the size, hard edge/soft edge and point size should all be on that bar.

Don't worry about forgetting. . .it's like a bike, it comes back eventually :-) You know last summer I used the lesson guide they have on about.com to remind myself of what I had learned before. . . it was really helpful. I think you just go to about.com and type in photoshop tutorial and it will come up.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 7:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
...still messing with it. Thanks Wendo and Grace!

Grace: nothing with M worked...

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Saturday, September 25, 2004 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did the deletion of preferences work? Usually doing that defaults all the tools and palletes; like they were just installed. Hope something worked for you Julie.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, September 26, 2004 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WENDO! You rock! It worked!!! Now can you tell me how to adjust the hardness/softness of a brush?

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
~~~bump

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 5:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here is a "harder" question. I've been able to get more photoshop practice in lately.

You have a photoshop doc and you have 2 or more things that you want to make a dropshadow on. How do you make the drop shadows go in different directions?

I'll make one dropshadow, with a dropshadow to the right. Then if I want to make my second item have a dropshadow go to the left (or wherever direction), then that second application seems to take over the first.

Does that make sense? How do I make DS's "independent" of each other?

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Redeye reduction question. Any photoshop experts out there? If so, can you go here:

http://www.photoshopsupport.com/tutorials/cb/remove-red-eye.html

and maybe tell me how to get that channel mixing palette/layer? (is in layers?)

Also if you could make it more "step by step" that would be great....

Thank you!!!

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, January 08, 2005 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hi Julie ... I hope you don't think I'm chasing you around the board. It just happens that I know this stuff.

Here’s another way to do it. There are about a zillion different ways to eliminate red eye in PhotoShop. One easier way is to use the lasso tool to select both eyes. Select the entire eye (not just the red). Hold down the shift key to select the second eye. It can just be a rough selection.

Then go to the menu and select Image … Adjustments …. Hue/Saturation.

In the drop down box at the top of the dialogue box, select “Reds”. Then move the Saturation bar way over to the left to desaturate the reds. Then move the lightness bar to the left to darken the pupil. Play around with it until it looks good. Click okay and then click anywhere in the picture to deselect your selection.

To answer your specific question, you can get to the channel mixer adjustment layer by going to the menu and clicking on Layer … New Adjustment Layer … Channel Mixer. Their method is kind of cool too.

If you are using styles, to make the drop shadows go in different directions, uncheck the box next to “Use global light".

I can give you more tips if you like, but it would help to know what version of PhotoShop you are using.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jimmer, I am very happy to be chased! Especially when the end result are answers to my questions!!! Thanks for chasing me and especially for all your helpful answers!!!!

Oh, I am using Photoshop 7.0

Did I mention that you rock?!!!!

I'm off to play in photoshop...

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jimmer, can you explain this part (what key is alt?):
Now select the mask of the adjustment layer and fill it with black by pressing Alt-Backspace. Now we have our bunny back. As the last step select the paint brush and paint on the mask with white to reveal the effect of the adjustment layer. Select the paint brush the size of the red spot in the eye.



Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Your way is much easier!!!!

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Photoshop is a very unusual application in that it is pretty much identical for both the PC and the Mac (which is very nice when users of the different platforms want to discuss things).

The main difference between the two is the way 2 keys are described. On the PC keyboard you have a “Ctrl” key and an “Alt” key, whereas on the Mac these keys are the “Command” key and the “Option” key.

Ctrl = Command
Alt = Option

Having said that, I got the tutorial to work by pressing Ctrl-backspace (not Alt backspace) to fill the mask with black.

What they are really doing here is adding a Channel Mixer adjustment layer, taking out all the red (that’s the 0%) and then distributing the rest to green and blue (50% and 50%). Then they are adding a black mask to cover it all up (that’s the Command-backspace), sort of like someone would use masking tape to protect things when they are painting. Then they want you to paint holes in the black mask (using white) where the eyes are so that the Channel Mixer adjustment just shows through where the eyes are.

The other approach that I suggested does pretty much the same thing. It isolates the eyes first (when you select them), and then uses the Hue/Saturation adjustment to remove the red and then darken the eye.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Sunday, January 09, 2005 - 11:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's a very basic question, how do you alter your brush so it has a hard edge? (or varying degrees of soft?) I know it should be obvious, but I can't find it...

Also neither the command nor the option works for me... but I'll see if I can do it manually somehow...

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
JIMMER: I found the answer! Thanks. By the way, I have Photoshop 7.

Spinner
Member

10-27-2003

Friday, July 01, 2005 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have a copy (unopened) of Adobe's CLASSROOM IN A BOOK FOR PHOTOSHOP 7 that I'd like to give to someone who could use it and who could, hopefully, pay for the postage--it's a heavy book. I also have a similar book for GoLive 7 and an older Dreamweaver 3 book to give away. Any takers? E-mail me through the private message system here or leave a note in this thread; I'll check back.

Reason for giving away you say? I won these at MacWorld a couple of years ago; never got around to them and I've moved on to Adobe CS2.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, July 01, 2005 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Spinner, when you send them to somebody, send them by the post office. There is a Bound Printed Matter rate that is VERY cheap. The only thing you can have in the package is the book or printed matter, however.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Media Mail, but it is often not much cheaper than regular. Media mail can take a while too.

Spinner
Member

10-27-2003

Saturday, July 02, 2005 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry everybody, the Photoshop book is taken--someone e-mailed me late last night and I promised it; the GoLive, Dreamweaver and now (another find) an InDesign 2 Classroom in a book are available, probably because I haven't found a good forum to offer them in.

Juju, media (or bound printed matter) is the way I usually send books. I've managed to declutter and send off to new homes many, many books this way since I started serious decluttering last year and I don't think any of the packages have cost more than maybe 8 bucks. And there have been some big packages!