Knife Pic Programs?

David Loukides

David Loukides

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Hi Guy's,
What Programs are on the market that allow you to put a smaller picture or "insert" onto a larger picture? It sure looks professional when done right:thumbup:
Thanks for your help!!!
 
The basic version of Photo Shop designed for casual home use should work just fine. Photo Shop Elements I think its called. It runs around 70 bucks if I remember right. Or if you know a student at a university they may be able to hook you up with a student version of the full blown Photo Shop. Besides pic in pic placement that gives you full control you will be able to enhance spots on your pics ect ect.... (note, if you use a pirated copy of Photo Shop and do not profit from it, Adobe will leave you alone. They prefer people use there stuff even if they didnt buy it as they hope you will buy Photo Shop when you go pro or whatever. If you start to make money in anyway off photo shopped material and do not own a copy they will come after you. Adobe will of course deny all this, but one of there reps told me straight up to not wory about using my buddies photoshop on my computer as long as I wasnt outputting any work for profit with it. This message will self destruct in 5...4...3...)
 
Most programs can do this!

I have done this with the free Microsoft Photo Editor that came with a student edition of Microsoft Office!

All you need to do is select the area using the "select" feature (creating a box around the area) and then do a copy. Then you can paste it and move it around before the dashed outline goes away and then the picture is locked in place.

If you need to resized, paste it into a "new image" first, perform an image "resize" and then copy and paste it onto the picture of interest so you can position it.

I just checked (except for the "Paste as new image" feature) you can do this in the "Paint" application that is standard with Windows!
 
Yup, Photoshop is the way to go. Tremendous program. Just get one of those books or videos (or better yet, get it from the library) on how to do the basic stuff. Video is probably the fastest way to get up to speed, but it's nice to have the book for reference WHEN you forget how to do something.

We use photoshop quite a bit, (now using the CS2 Creative Suite which is Photoshop 12, Illustrator and several other surprisingly powerful programs). Finally upgraded after many years using Photoshop 7 without complaint.

Getting started with Photoshop 2 (you could probably score 5 or 7 just as cheaply, I think) is a very good recommendation unless you're planning to use it quite a bit and have several hundred extra dollars to spare.
 
I do a lot of work in Photoshop and it's a great program, maybe more than a lot of people need. I'm going to suggest that you start with Adobe Elements, it's a lot less expensive. I would rather have the latest edition of Elements than an older version of Photoshop.

As far as learning how to use the program, I always start by reading as much as I can online. There are tons of tutorials and tips for all of Adobe products. It's the best way to learn the basics, even before you get the program. If you're in a good bookstore look through the books find the one for your program that is the easiest for you to follow.

If after using Elements for a while, if you ever feel limited by what you can do, then get Photoshop in the latest version. My guess is that you probably won't outgrow Elements.

This might be a good place to start.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/learningcenter/
 
I use MS Picture it, very easy to learn and use. You can get it at amazon.com for $10-12. Not as many bells and whistles as PS but it is more then adequate for anything I need.
 
Thanks for the info Guys:thumbup:
This was just what I was looking for :D
I will get one of them for Wendy for Christmass:eek:
Because she is the one who sets up the photos:)
Thanks again!!!
 
I can tell you that I have used both Photoshop and gimp if you want a cheap (Freeware!) program that dose almost as much photoshop Gimp is a really good program.
http://tinyurl.com/qfxj
try it out and see if you like it!
If you have any questions about just drop me an email!
 
I found this old thread by Coop, where he did a tutorial on how he does inserts into his pics. I'm pretty sure he doesn't use Dropped Shadows anymore in his work, but it's a very good step by step basic course on how to do inserts.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=244026

The best thing is the link in his first post still works, so the full tutorial is still there.
 
Peldor said:
I can tell you that I have used both Photoshop and gimp if you want a cheap (Freeware!) program that dose almost as much photoshop Gimp is a really good program.
http://tinyurl.com/qfxj
try it out and see if you like it!
If you have any questions about just drop me an email!
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I second this recommendation. I've used it before and I really like it. It is becoming very popular due to it's capabilities and is a fairly "light" program in that it is not a resource hog on the computer, which is quite surprising considering what it can do. There are also tons of tutorials online that can help you piece together what you want to get done. I'd say it's just as good as photoshop, and it is free.
 
I also use GIMP. It has a learning curve to climb, but is quite powerful - especially for the money ($0).

-Ben
 
Good links! Now I need to get off here and get back to my website set-up. Thanks for sharing!
 
loussharp1 said:
Hi Guy's,
What Programs are on the market that allow you to put a smaller picture or "insert" onto a larger picture? It sure looks professional when done right:thumbup:
Thanks for your help!!!
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He was looking to do inserts with his pics.
Gimp looks like a very good program similar to PS, with tutorials available. I'm sure Gimp works with Layers which is what you need to do inserts. For you folks using Gimp, have any of you done inserts? Can you use Coop's tutorial on how to do them, if you haven't? Can we see some samples of the work you've done with the program?
 
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