How can I fill one image with another?

by **yoodontknomi** on Sat Jul 07, 2007 5:16 pm

Example: I have a logo. I also have a nice Chicago skyline image.

I want to fill the logo with that skyline, obviously cutting some of the skyline out and only seeing as much as the logo allows. I just want to fill this logo with the skyline image.

How do I do that?

by **Ainz** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 6:57 pm

If i understand your question correctly, this should be fairly simple.
I would probably start by creating 2 layers -

layer 1 = your logo.
layer 2 = skyline.

I'd go to layer 1 and make a selection around your logo, then go up to SELECT>INVERSE. click on layer 2 in the layers pallete and, while your selection is still active, hit delete. This should have made your skyline image only visible where your logo is.

Then double click on layer 2 and mess with the blending options/opacity/fill until you find something you like.

Hope that helps.

-Ainz

by **pigbait75** on Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:56 pm

put the skyline layer over the logo layer, select the skyline layer and hit ctrl-g. this will group the two images and the skyline will be inside the logo you can move the skyline around and resize it anyway you want.

by **tombothetominator** on Mon Jul 09, 2007 5:35 pm

pigbait75 wrote:put the skyline layer over the logo layer, select the skyline layer and hit ctrl-g. this will group the two images and the skyline will be inside the logo you can move the skyline around and resize it anyway you want.

I think you meant CTRL+ALT+G which creates a clipping mask? Just grouping them wont acheive this effect.

by **Ainz** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:45 am

[quote="tombothetominator"][quote="pigbait75"]put the skyline layer over the logo layer, select the skyline layer and hit ctrl-g. this will group the two images and the skyline will be inside the logo you can move the skyline around and resize it anyway you want.[/quote]

I think you meant CTRL+ALT+G which creates a clipping mask? Just grouping them wont acheive this effect.[/quote]

PC or mac?

I'm on a mac using cs2, I tried what he said and it worked for me?

by **tombothetominator** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 2:30 pm

ah, that is the difference then. I'm on pc.

by **pigbait75** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:08 pm

no i meant just ctrl-g no alt anywhere im on pc too

by **pigbait75** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 4:16 pm

see it works

by **tombothetominator** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:42 pm

Yeah, i didn't realize that the key combo would be different on a mac. So, my bad.

by **pigbait75** on Tue Jul 10, 2007 6:52 pm

thats cool, I've never tried ctrl-alt-g so I got on PS and tried it and it does the same thing. wierd! so we were both right.

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