OH NOES! WHAT THE HECK, LJ? (aka SisterRed muffed up again)

[red_satin_doll]

This morning I marked 5 comments in my inbox to be deleted - and LJ deleted 900.

???????????????????

Granted that solves my problem of having 900+ entries in my inbox but that wasn't what I wanted it to do! That 900 included some lovely recent PM's & conversation from y'all I'd been saving on purpose, birthday listings, how-to advice. In fact it deleted EVERYTHING except stuff I'd red flagged as "important" - about 21 comments.

(ok so maybe the fault isn't with LJ; maybe I clicked on a box that said "delete all" without paying proper attention. I am woman enough to admit it. albeit in small font.)

Damnity damnity damn damn it.

Comments

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Okay, I see what's going on here… I think. I got into Ipiccy and played around with it a little. So when you click on the "layers" icon, it lets you drag a few different images into the same space. You can use the "fade" slider to make a layer more transparent (which I referred to as opacity). You can make one layer be on top and the other layer below, etc., etc. So while you are working with all those different images and moving them around, they are layers. But the difference between Ipiccy and Photoshop is that in Photoshop, they stay separate layers until I specifically merge them. I can move them around or change them individually at will forever. But with Ipiccy, once you get things where you want them, and then you want to go somewhere else, like to make a background or use the editing tool, etc., Ipiccy makes you combine them permanently into your image so that they are no longer separate layers. Otherwise it won't let you move to a different function.

From what I see, you can't have layers, at least not permanently. Every time you go to a different icon, it makes you permanently merge all the layers into one image. I even tried uploading a texture and putting it into the picture, but when I wanted to some other tool, it made me merge everything.

Now - if you can point me in the direction of a tutorial that tells how you can have layers, give me a link. I will read it and see if there is something I missed.

It looks like a fun program! But that's a big difference I see between Ipiccy and Photoshop. With Ipiccy, you pretty much have to get things arranged the way you want them and then that's where they're going to be. With Photoshop you can keep moving things around or putting one image on top of another forever. But I would not want to give you bad information, so show me the tutorial that talks about layers, and I will read through it!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Whoa you are FAST!

But I would not want to give you bad information, so show me the tutorial that talks about layers, and I will read through it!

I can't say I have one at the moment. There's almost zero info on ipiccy.

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Well now that I have the program, if you ask me a specific question, I can probably answer it. You can drag 2 different pictures into your image if that might be easier than making one be the texture. If you click on the layer icon and then click on the icon that says "add photo".

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

You can drag 2 different pictures into your image if that might be easier than making one be the texture. If you click on the layer icon and then click on the icon that says "add photo".

That's already above my head *lol*. I think i need to get some sleep and play with this tomorrow so then I can ask specific questions - quite possibly write a list.

Thanks so much sweetie. *more hugs*

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Here is a very simple explanation... with pictures!!

http://ipiccy.com/help/how-to-add-logo-and-text

The sky and the logo could be any images, and you could have more than two images. Then you arrange them how you like, and do a few things, but at the end, you HAVE to merge them. So you loose the ability to edit each layer separately.

Hope this helps!

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Oh thanks! That's pretty much what I did with the images here:
http://red-satin-doll.livejournal.com/47629.html?thread=1538829#t1538829

except I was basing it off your suggestions, but I pretty much got it the jist. And damn it seems like a lot of work but I'm sure it'll get easier, thank you for all your help, Teach!

ME AGAIN

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Ok, I didn't find a tutorial but I looked at your replies and dove into the deep end, and came up with this - which is frankly NOT GOOD but it's got three layers and I learned some stuff:



ETA: larger version (I still need to master that bit)


It was actually finished in Photobucket for the "sage" effect which gave it a lighter, pinker quality that I liked and evened out the image a bit, and the simple frame.

One thing I learned is I have to think a little differently when planning which image is the "background" then when I'm using the texture function; and that I have some control of color etc in layers but it helps to do some adjustments beforehand. Also if the images are going to overlap and one goes beyond the edge of the background I need to crop or adjust it so it doesn't do that.

But that's a big difference I see between Ipiccy and Photoshop. With Ipiccy, you pretty much have to get things arranged the way you want them and then that's where they're going to be. With Photoshop you can keep moving things around or putting one image on top of another forever.

Kwritten also warned me about that but I didn't understand what she was saying at the time. Now I do.

And oh boy do I have a lot of practicing to do to get anything decent. *lol*

Re: ME AGAIN

[chasingdemons.livejournal.com]

Well, I'd say you have progressed because you are planning and thinking a little differently. I guess you could get each image all gussied up individually, and then combine them into one picture. Yes, that's a big difference with Photoshop, because I tweak until the last minute.

It's a great program and you are doing some fabulous work on it.

Re: ME AGAIN

[red-satin-doll.livejournal.com]

Yes, that's a big difference with Photoshop, because I tweak until the last minute.</i. I bet that would suit me just fine because I'm constantly adjusting things. Sometimes after I need to leave off! Learning to plan however is definitely something I could use! And THANK YOU again so much for all your help and guidance, you've been incredibly kind and patient. *HUGS*