Tiffanib
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Normally, Photoshop will display the settings in the Rasterize box that the file was saved at. You can change them to fit your needs – for example, if you need this image to be 6″ wide, change just the width to 6″. If Constrain Proportions is checked (which it should always be checked unless you want to stretch the image) the height will automatically adjust in the correct ratio to the height. You can also alter the resolution to your needs (72 for web graphics, 300 for print, etc). Because it’s a vector file, you can scale it up or down during rasterization without affecting the quality.
You should always have Constrain Proportions checked – this will prevent you from stretching the image vertically or horizontally. (Unless you DO want to stretch it to fit something – then you’d need to check “Antialias” to prevent stairstepping on diagonal and curved lines).
Tiffani B
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CTRL-U will bring up the Hue/Saturation palette. You can adjust the hue to the cooler colors, desaturate it, and you should probably have the look you want. Play around with the sliders.
You can also adjust the Levels. Add more cyan and yellow, take out the red tones… there are lots of ways to adjust the color tones in an image.
Tiffani B
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I am guessing your CD label program cannot import the layer as a cutout – it can only bring in the flattened image, which has a white background (you cannot flatten an image and retain the transparency unless you save it as a gif image, but the print quality is poor).
Why do you need a transparent background around the cutout? Is there something else you’re trying to print “behind” it? If so, for the sake of “easy”, you should just create the entire CD label in Photoshop, including the background and any text. Then just drag that entire image onto your CD and print it.
Tiffani B
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Here is a good definition of Rasterize: https://graphicssoft.about.com/od/glossary/l/blrasterize.htm
Parse basically means “read”.
Anyways, as I replied to your other post, it sounds like the file is corrupted. Try getting a new one. Have them open it and save it with a new name and send that to you to try.
Tiffani B
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What other program are you trying to open the layered file in? There aren’t many programs that can import psd files properly.
If you want the DVD to print with nothing behind the cutout (to have the “silver” as the background), it would display on your monitor as white. White doesn’t print. So wherever there is white on your DVD preview, the DVD would actually stay silver (so if the person has a white shirt on, they won’t be wearing a shirt on the DVD… you have to plan for that kind of thing).
Tiffani B
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It sounds like the file is corrupted. Can you delete it, and replace it with a new one? Have the person who created it open it on their machine and resave it, then send it to you to try.
Tiffani B
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Reinstall version 7.
Never remove a program by just “moving” it elsewhere. You need to go through the system’s “Add/Remove” feature and remove it that way.
Tiffani B
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We usually recommend the X-Rite line of monitor calibrators. They have a variety of different models, depending on what you are calibrating it to.
https://www.sharbor.com/vendors/GRE.html is our product listing, http://www.gretagmacbeth.com is the manufacturer’s site.
Tiffani B
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You’d have to mask and clone stamp each frame individually.
The problem you’ll have is that the resulting “patch” will waver or flicker, because you cannot make the clone stamp identical for each frame.
I would suggest you post your question in the forum pertaining to your video editing software instead (Premiere Pro?). Video editors might have some better tricks than using Photoshop.
Tiffani B
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I would use the Bevel tool in the Layer Style palette.
For the oval “reflection”, you’ll probably have to create a new layer and make a semi-transparent white oval with lightly feathered edges overtop of the background layer.
But play with the settings in the Style window – you might be able to create something close without having to go through that.
Tiffani B