kerrym wrote:Thanks for replying Dang... apologies, I'm in Photoshop 7. Still working on this little project, hence delay for getting back. Appreciated, your reply.
I know from your first post that you're generally layer-averse, but at their simplest they can be quite easy to use and would probably be the best solution for what you have in mind.
Try this solution:
- Look at the image information to see the exact size of your existing image. I came into PhotoShop with CS2 so I don't know where it is in 7, but 7 probably has an Image menu, and that's doubtless where that information is.
- Create a new blank image with the exact same dimensions as your existing image, using whatever background colour you want.
- Select the whole of your existing image.
- Paste that selection into your new image. This will go on as a layer.
- Go to the Layers dialog, probably [F7] or on the Windows menu. You should see a layer called Background, and a layer called Layer 1. All you have to do now is change Layer 1's opacity to about 50%, and you've got your wish.
The other advantage is that it leaves your original image unscathed.
It'd work in CS3; I can't guarantee that it'll work in 7, but I can't think why it wouldn't. This is pretty vanilla functionality for PS.