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johnu6546667
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December 8, 2016
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Bring Image Into Background Layer

  • December 8, 2016
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I have PSE 9 and when I try to bring an image into the background layer, even though I’ve resized it to approximate the size I need, when I select it and drag it to the background layer it is the huge size it was before I resized it. I never had that problem in PSE 8. Any suggestions/solutions?

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    Correct answer hatstead

    OK, the background image is 170.667 px/in whereas the "dog" image is 1855 px/in. So, do I reduce the 'dog' image to 170.667 px/in?

    Re Step 5, I know how to reduce/increase the size of an image in a layer like you pointed out.


    You can do that if you wish.

    Be sure that "resample image" & "constrain proportions" are ticked. Also, in the drop-down at the bottom, use

    "Bicubic Sharper".

    Then proceed to make the selection of the dog.

    Minor size adjustment can be made via the handles of the bounding box.

    As for resolution, it is recommended to have 240-300px/in for printing, although I have printed successfully at resolution less than this value. For web work, 72px/in is ok.

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    mytaxsite
    mytaxsite
    Inspiring
    December 8, 2016

    The image will take the size of the background so if you bring an image as a layer (i.e. above the background) then it doesn't matter because some of the details will either shrink or not feature in the final image.

    Can you post the image here and explain what are you trying to do so that we can understand it better.

    the way I do is to open both images and then decide which one should be the background and which one a layer.  Once this is decided, I activate the background image and drag & drop the other image on top of it and the layer is created for me automatically.  You can then resize and transform it as you wish.

    Perhaps post an image here for us to understand it.

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    johnu6546667Author
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    December 8, 2016

    I do it the way you do it. However, it's a pain in the a** to keep bringing the image in the layer down to the size I want it There's got to be a simpler way to do it.

    mytaxsite
    mytaxsite
    Inspiring
    December 9, 2016

    johnu6546667 wrote:

    I do it the way you do it. However, it's a pain in the a** to keep bringing the image in the layer down to the size I want it There's got to be a simpler way to do it.

    The size of the image is exactly the size of your original image that you bring in.  You can then resize this image to whatever you want it to be.  I don't see the problem in this but clearly you are doing something that I don't understand and you are not posting your image for us to see it.

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