How do I paste a picture within a picture in photoshop?

Question

I'm trying to make a banner for my fictional stories, but I'm trying to paste a picute within a picture, how do I do that? Please help, Thanks for the help if you do ^-^

Answer 1

To paste a "picture within a picture":

(1) Select the area you want to copy
If the picture you want to copy is rectangular, then choose the "Rectangular Marquee Tool" (it's in the upper left corner of your tools pallet) by clicking on it. If you want to copy a "shaped" image (so that the picture within the picture uses the "outline" of an object or shape), then use the "Lasso Tool", which is right under the Marquee Tool. (There are different types of "Lassos"; I prefer the "Polygonal Lasso Tool" personally.) You can use the lasso to draw around the shape you want to copy.

(2) Press Control-C (on a PC) or Command-C (on a Mac) to copy the area you've selected.

(3) In the "Layers" pallet (if you don't see this pallet, choose "Layers" from the "Windows" menu), click on the layer that contains the "main image" that you want to paste the other image "inside of".

(4) Press Control-V (on a PC) or Command-V (on a Mac) to paste. This will automatically create a new layer containing your new "small image". It will be located above the "main image" layer.

(5) Use the "Move Tool" (it's in the upper right side of your tools pallet) to click and drag the image around to where you want it.

(6) You can resize the image if you need to. To do this:

> Select the image (you can do this quickly by clicking on the "Small image" layer while holding the command/control key.)

> From the Edit menu, choose "Edit > Transform > Scale". (You can also do other types of transforming in this menu, like rotating for example.)

> Resize the image by grabbing and stretching it from the "handles". When it looks right, hit enter to confirm your changes.

That's about it! Hope that helps.

Answer 2

All great answers so far. Remember when you paste a picture into another it puts the new image in it's own layer which is good because you can edit it all on it's own. If you want to see just the image you pasted turn off the first layer by clicking on the 'eye' icon. Also here's a tip if you are resizing, hold down the Shift key while grabbing a corner of the image when you are resizing it, this will keep the proportions the same and you won't distort your image! Another tip, use your 'History' to save at the point where you pasted in the copied image so that if something goes wrong you can revert back to that point. One more thing, save your document often!! It sucks working on something to have it all go wrong after hours of working on it and realize you didn't save it!! A combination of saving and using the History pallet will save you tons of stress :)

Answer 3

You can copy a part of an image or a whole picture using the selection tools (rectangular tool would be easiest),

Then you press control + c to copy

Next trace a rectangle where you want to paste using the rectangular selection tool.

Paste (control + p)

If you don't like how it looks, then you try to do it again. Each time use "save as" to give your file a new name so to not lose your original.

(You could use layers but that is much more complicated.)

Answer 4

you select the pic you want inside, doesnt matter how big it is and copy
select where you want it and
edit > paste into

paste into allows you to move the pic while its inside the other one to look where it fits best

Answer 5

It sounds like your default history settings on the "New" window is "clear" instead of "White." click the drop-down menu to the right of "history Contents," click "White," then click the "save Preset" button. each destiny new photo you create might want to have a white history till you regulate the preset back.

Answer 6

have you tried all the features in photo bucket that might help