problem saving photoshop image

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

I have an image which I am trying to add a border too. the border is an image i found online. I put the image of the border of the image in a second channel of the origional image, set it to black, and 100% opacity. everything looks fine and everything, but when i go to save tie image, it looks the same as the origional, without the new channel with the border. I have tried saving the picture in multiple formats, but nothing has worked.

I did recently just ge photoshop and this is the first time i have really done anything with it so I am a complete newbie. before i got photoshop I used photodeluxe.

how can i get my image to save with the new channel, or is there a different was i should go about adding the border to my image? thanks!

C@L · **Posted:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:23 pm

You make the border in a new layer not a newchannnel

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

i tried that but i couldn't get it to show the image through the border without it looking faded.

Excruciating · **Posted:** Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:33 am

Make sure that the layer with the image of the border is in the top of the layer palette.

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

i don't have it in a seperate layer, i have it in a seperate channel. when i tried putting it as a layer, i couldn't get it to look right without something looking washed out.

I got it saved, but I cheated. I did a print screen, and then croped it to only my picture. it may not be the best way to do it but it worked. it was my first attemp with photoshop, and I got the image dont in probably a half an hour, but I tried figuruing out why it wouldn't save for like 4 hours and i finally gave up.

anyways, can i post my image in this forum so that maybe someone would have a better idea why it wasn't saving, and perhaps i could get opinions on wheather it turned out good or not?

C@L · **Posted:** Sun Sep 10, 2006 3:43 pm

Yes go ahead

I dont think you supposed to use channels for actualy editing images.

Youhave to use layers instead

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

yea thats what i figured, but then how can i get the border to show arround the image properly. it's a blackish border, with a white inside, and when i put it over the image, i either ca't see the image, or i can see the image and border faded, or i can't the the border, depending on the opacity.

Excruciating · **Posted:** Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:25 pm

Could you post the images seperatly?

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

yea, sure. how do you want me to do that, just delete it from that post and put it in a seperate one, or put it in a new thread?

Excruciating · **Posted:** Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:30 pm

Okay, maybe I got confused along the way. You have one image (the guy in that picture) and another of the grunge frame around him, right?

WeirdClayJisKOOL · **Joined:** Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:01 pm **Posts:** 14

yes. i found the image of the frame online, so it is the frame with the white background. and then theres the other picture, which is of me.

Excruciating · **Posted:** Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:34 pm

Okay, just post both pictures seperatly here in a new post please.

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