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#1

Hi folks.
Could anyone please tell me how to "tile vertically" in CS? For before-after comparisons, I cant cope with horizontal tiling. I tried to make an action to do it, but I'm a total CS newbie, (as you know), having spent years with PSP, and it was a complete disaster. The thing is, that I need to retain the images as independently adjustable, so two on one canvas, or similar ideas, wont work for me.


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#2

Ruf:

Example: say that you want to vertically tile 2 photos each 10 cm wide and 20 cm tall.

Use the "New" command under the file menu and create a new canvas 40 cm tall by 10 cm wide.

Open photo 1 and use the "select all" command - copy the selection. Now paste it into the new canvas - it will appear in the center - move it to the bottom of the canvas. You will notice that the pasted bit will appear as a new layer that you can manipulate separately all you like.

Do the same thing with photo 2 and move it to the top of the canvas. You will now have 3 layers - the background, photo 1 and photo 2 all on the new canvas. Each layer can be adjusted separately. When you are "done" use the flatten command under the layer menu to make it into one happy layer - or don't - you can always temporarily flatten it and convert to jpeg if you want to print or publish online.

Hint: I always fill the background layer with black rather than the normal transparent color. It makes the seams between the photos not seem as obvious.
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#3

just wanna be sure what you mean by vertical. you mean one located above the other on the screen right?
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#4

Ah, thank you folks. I probably havent explained adequately....

In PSP, I had two window commands, "tile horizontally" and "tile vertically."

I always used vertical, meaning that the images appeared in two windows, side by side. That way, I found comparing effects, or two similar images taken with different lenses, to be easier. PS only tiles horizontally, as far as I can tell. Somehow, this one-above-the-other tiling just doesnt grok. It results in me dragging images about until I feel comfortable.
I suppose I should just accept it as a limitation of PS, and one of my own neuroses, but I thought there was probably a simple way.
No sweat. Thanks folks!!
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#5

there is no tile vertically in APS CS. Sorry Ruf. However, I think they are adding it with a service pack in the short term.

No one knows why they took it out... they've realised they're wrong... they'll fix it.. til then... sorry.

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#6

A dual monitor setup, with one stacked on top of the other, would get the job done and make you more productive. Couple of 22" Sony Artisans would be really nice.

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#7

I agree with Slej... and can you get two of those setups, I'd like one Smile

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#8

Why does tile vertically mean side-by-side and horizontal mean one-on-top-another? Isn't that backwards?

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slejhamer Wrote:A dual monitor setup, with one stacked on top of the other, would get the job done and make you more productive. Couple of 22" Sony Artisans would be really nice.


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