i was just wondering, for instance, if i were trying to make a userbar, and had the background, how would i add another image i got, for instance, from the internet. lets just say the image was a smiley face with a white background. but if i just did copy and then paste, the image would appear, right, but the white background part too, and it would all be over the background of the userbar. i don't want the white background. that would just ruin the whole userbar. so how would i get rid of it, or add it so it doesn't appear, or what??
Open the pic in PS, then click Ctrl+A to select the whole pic. Go to File>New (Transparent background) and make the size at least as big as previous pic. When done, hit Ctrl+V to paste it in the new field. Now, grab your Magic Wand tool, select the white portion of the pic and hit Delete. If you still see part of the background, you might have to go at it with a small brush/eraser. Good luck!
oh thats how. thanks. i also have another. i was able to get rid of the background thing and when i paste it, there is no background i want. so that is good. but how to i get to paste it where i want it? cause it just pastes it in the center with the top of the picture at the top of the bar and the rest not visible. i want it to the left and the middle part of the image visible.
Before you actually apply the image, there should be a box around it. Hold down Ctrl and click on the image, then drag it to the desired location.
got that too. well i was looking at a guide and it said something about a 1 pixel black stroke on the text i typed. any idea what that means and how to do it?
I'm guessing, by the looks of your sig, that you figured out the 1px stroke, right? BTW, userbar looks pretty good. The only thing I'd recommend is putting a black border around the whole thing.
actually, i don't know if i did or not. what i did was take the pencil and added a new layer, then just drew a black border around the text. pretty boring but the only way i could find. is that right?
That would be the harder way. The easiest way is to type your text, then rasterize that layer (right click it and click "Rasterize"). Once that's done, double-click the layer and a layout box will appear. Click on "Stroke" at the bottom and change the settings to what you want.
