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lucienp8924865
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June 14, 2017
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Canvas Size/Transform Tool

  • June 14, 2017
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I am doing a tutorial on water reflection. There is a slight variation in menu selection between the Photoshop version that I have that I have worked around. Image on the right (sunset) is gray at bottom; tutorial image (left) is white?

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Correct answer davescm

From the snapshot I can't see what steps you have taken prior to that point, but the main difference at the point of time you are showing is that the tutorial is showing two layers. Your own layers panels shows four layers. 
You need to step back through the tutorial and see what step/s you missed/ carried out differently.

Dave

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lucienp8924865Author
Inspiring
June 14, 2017

Oh Pooh, right off it says to crop image. Not sure if I did it correctly; the tutorial image shows it in Layer panel as Background.

If I save my image it winds up with a white border, Layer 0:

When I follow the instructions for Image/Canvas Size this is what I wind up with:

Image on left from tutorial, my image--white is missing?

OMG, the tutorial's Image dialogue box differs from mine, I have never used the Crop tool before, but there are a couple of other things I have learned from this tutorial already.

davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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June 14, 2017

You can use the crop tool to extend the canvas. Just drag the bottom edge downwards

Dave

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    lucienp8924865Author
    Inspiring
    June 17, 2017

    When you used the crop tool there is an option , in the options bar, to delete cropped pixels. This is normally unchecked so that you can get those pixels back later by adjusting the crop.

    It looks like, in this tutorial, the pixels are being deleted - so repeat the crop but this time check "Delete cropped Pixels".

    As an aside, although this will get you back on track with your tutorial,  cropping and deleting is not usually the best way to achieve these results as they are destructive actions. You really need to learn masking which hides the  pixels in a layer without actually deleting them deleting them. The advantage being that a mask can easily be adjusted later.

    Dave


    Thanks Dave, this is correct answer but I don't see an option to mark it as so?

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    June 14, 2017

    From the snapshot I can't see what steps you have taken prior to that point, but the main difference at the point of time you are showing is that the tutorial is showing two layers. Your own layers panels shows four layers. 
    You need to step back through the tutorial and see what step/s you missed/ carried out differently.

    Dave

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