How do you put layers on Adopbe photoshop???

Question

okay I have this picture of a film strip and i want to cover up the pictures that is on it now and put my pictures...but i have no clue what to do. The simpler the steps the better.

Answer 1

Open up both images in Photoshop. Do Window>Arrange>Tile Horizontal - this puts them side by side.

Select the "Move" tool in the toolbox. It's the arrow with a "+" sign at the top right of the toolbox. The toolbox is the skinny window on the left side of the screen with a bunch of icons in it.

Click and drag the film strip over to the photo.

Look on the bottom right hand of your screen (in the Layers Pallette), you now have two layers. The bottom one is called background, and the other one is (probably) called "Layer 1".

You can now move the film strip into position.

You probably have to resize the film strip. Hit Ctrl-T (Free Transform Tool). This will let you resize it.

If you do the above and the film strip is REALLY large, hit Ctrl and the minus sign ("-') to make it smaller. Each time you hit Ctrl- it makes it smaller (only the window, not the actual photo size or resolution). Ctrl and the plus sign ("+") makes it bigger.

You'll have to play around with resizing using Ctrl- and the "Ctrl T" (Transform) to get it sized correctly.

Good Luck!

Answer 2

Nice and easy step by step, it's not complicated . . .
Make sure all the pics you are using are the same resolution. This wil make it so much easier when doing layers.

1)Open you film strip pic, then open you other pic. Use the Marguee(dancing ants selsect square) to choose the whole pic. Copy your new pic.(Control + C) buttons at same time.

2)Click on the film strip pic and paste (Control + V) buttons at same time.

3) From top menu click on EDIT, scroll down to TRANSFORM. Click on SCALE. This will make an invisible frame.

4)Hold down the shift key. Click and drag one of the corners to make your new pic fit inside the frame of the film. If you need to, you can click on the middle to adjust it's position.

5) Hit the Enter button on the keyboard to keep the new size.

Repeat as necessary for other pics.

6) Flatten image and save.

Answer 3

To create a new, blank layer in Photoshop, on the Layers Pallete, there is an icon that looks like the corner of a page being flipped up. Click on that icon and you will create a new layer.

Alternatively, if you cut, or copy an image from another file, and drag it into your filmstrip image, the copied image will appear in that file as a new layer.

And, again, if you copy an image, or section of an image in one file, you can paste it into your filmstrip file and it will show up as a new layer.

Answer 4

id imagine just cut and paste.