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Help:Images/using Photoshop
Using Photoshop to prepare images[edit]
Focus Orb images[edit]
- Open your screenshot
- Zoom in (Ctrl++) on the Focus Orb as far as needed
- Activate Select tool (m)
- Activate “Elliptical Marquee“, use fixed size and try 115px
- Click near the focus orb and fit the selection using cursor keys
- Use “Image/Crop” command
- Use “Select/Inverse” command (⇧ Shift+Ctrl+i)
- Activate “Eraser” (e), mode “Magic Eraser”
- Click on one of the edges to activate transparency then hit del to clean the selected area
- Save your orb using png format (⇧ Shift+Ctrl+s) (jpg does not support transparency)
Description box images[edit]
Preparation: You need a library of cropped frames using transparency, each in two files (top, bottom)
- Open your screenshot
- Zoom (Ctrl++) in on the description box as far as needed
- Activate Select tool (m), activate “Rectangular Marquee” mode
- Draw your selection frame around the box; if the box is very high, it’s mandatory that the left and right borders are part of the selection
- Use “Copy to clipboard” command (Ctrl+c)
- Open the top part of the required frame.
- Expand the Canvas height (Ctrl+Alt+c) to match the copied box plus some space for the bottom frame
- Paste the copied box (Ctrl+v), activate Move mode (v) and fit it to the frame using cursor keys
- Reorder the layers with the frame on top
- Open the bottom part of the required frame.
- Copy and paste it on top of your frame/box
- Activate Move mode (v) and fit it to the bottom of the box using cursor keys
- Merge layers using “Merge Visible” (⇧ Shift+Ctrl+e). Don’t use “Flatten Image”; you may lose transparency
- Crop the not used bottom part of the Canvas.
- Save your orb using png format (⇧ Shift+Ctrl+s) (jpg does not support transparency)