A real Newbie Question...

[James0183]

\:] I'm trying to follow this tutorial on this website called Classy Glass Buttons

http://photoshopgurus.info/intermediate/classy-glass_buttons/classy-glass_buttons2.shtml

anyways, on step 2, it says...make a copy of the layer then flip the layer vertically...when i do that, it flips everything. It flips the original copy of the circle....I just want the layer named Hardlight flipped vertically...How can I do this..?

 

[Erik]

Ahh...don't be sad. This was one of my main problems too (together with transparancy).

Just see it like this:
The Image menu contains options to change the image. So if you flip the image, you flip all layers that it contains. Infact, what you want to do is editing. Therefore you take the Edit menu and there you find Transform. In there you find, amongst others, flip horizontally and flip vertically.

Finally someone asked!!!!
[excited]

 

[James0183]

hey, i feel like a FOOL [doh] ..LOL, that was really easy to do..thanks for your help! 8}


8)) good day

 

[Tron]

Don't be too hard on yourself James we have all been there and that is why we are now here

Erik you have just been waiting for someone to ask that question haven't you?

 

[Erik]

Indeed I have!
You won't believe how I searched and suffered before finding this out...

The other thing was transparancy. Difficult to believe right now, but I had been getting my poes wet in Photopaint, and that app does have a great transparancy tool. Which I didn't find in Photoshop...