I have some images that I want to use and I can't work out how to make a laye under the image where the background goes. Can someone explain it to me?
I dont know exactly what you are trying to do. Layers are the simplist thing in photoshop, but they are hard to explain.
hmmm. Hit the create new layer button in the layers palette. Fill it with what ever color you want. Open your image. Drag image in your layered file. Resize it to your needs. Then in the layers palette you can adjust your layers by draging them under or on top of one another. Is this what you were trying to ask? im not sure what your asking but this is what I get out of your question. :huh: Hope this help a lil bit.
If you go on http://www.good-tutorials.com you may be lucky and find some simple tutorials on how layers work. I know i've seen some before.
I have some images that I'm gonna use to make some Avatars and Signatures and I don't know how to make a background behind them.
I know why. The image is locked as the background layer. There are two ways to fix this. 1. Open up the image. Copy the layer, and delete the first one. Now, you can put layers underneath. 2. Open the image, and press CTRL-A. Now press CTRL-C, and you have it copied. Open up a new document, and paste it, using CTRL-V.
@WarTheories - I know how to make layers but I couldn't get it to the background layer. @Bona Fide - Thanks alot for your help. That's just what was happening to me.
This is the image I have: I have tryed duplicating the background layer, but, this is all confusing to me. If someone can help I would be greatful.
Well, I've never been known for my commonsense, so I'll give this a go. You can't place an image under the background, as the background is the base from which you build the image. what you can do is create a copy of the background image, and paste it ontop of the b/g. This then becomes a regular layer, and can be moved around like the others. As for switching between layers, there is a box on the right hand side (well, default placement is there anyway), that lists the layers in the current image. To switch between them, simply click on the layer you want, and it will be highlighted in blue. This then becomes the "active" layer, and everytime you make a mark, or do something, it will eb to this layer. There are a lot more things you can do with layers. My advice will be to just play around with Photoshop, and look for some basic tutorials on the net. There is a list of good stuff in the sticky section of the General topic. 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make sure the layer of the image that is above the bg does not take up the whole signature, if it does.. then you will need the layer of b on top of the render.. ur image seems to have a whitr bg, ask someone to render it and jus get one single picture
