CajunCustom 29 Posted April 27, 2015 some of our franchise's were wanting me to fill our S with like a american flag , im still new with photoshop i tried to follow this tutorial but for the live of me cant get it to work , would love any type of help and would like to know the correct way to do it so i could do it myself , before someone screams trademark im a authorized franchise http://robcubbon.com/how-to-put-one-image-inside-another-image/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted April 27, 2015 Easy enough to do in Photoshop with a clipping mask... did you have a certain flag in mind? 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadHatterGraphix 1,258 Posted April 27, 2015 Easy enough to do in Photoshop with a clipping mask... did you have a certain flag in mind? S-Flag_02b.jpg Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 27, 2015 that is perfect but how did you do it , lol i know they will come up with something else and i hate to be a pain , what we do is put that S on the lower drawer of tool boxes and the full name on the top drawer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark-s 1,126 Posted April 27, 2015 Like the S flag mark-s Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted April 27, 2015 Put the "S" in Ps and drag the flag into the doc, over top the "S". Turn off the flag's visibility and remove the white around the letter. (the parts you don't want the flag appearing in.) Turn the flag's visibility back on. (the little eye to the left of the icon in the layer's panel) Hold down alt and put your cursor in between the "S" and the flag in the layers panel, a little symbol of 2 circles will appear between them. Left click and watch the magic. I then added a 10 px stroke to the inside of the "S". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted April 27, 2015 If you are working in AI you just make sure the whole graphic is one single object (Object>Compound Path>Make) and then position it over the Flag image of your choice and Make a clipping path (Object>Clipping Mask>Make) If you want the outline like SkareKrow gave around it you do an offset path from the same object probably work best before the clipping mask. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 27, 2015 when i tried the alt to get the circles to come up it came up with a arrow down like layer down not the circles Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 27, 2015 i also tried to vector the ones you made they seem to breakup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wildgoose 4,200 Posted April 27, 2015 If you are trying to vector the end result so you can do it with vinyl then you're going to need to have a vectored flag and do it in AI from the start IMO. You won't be doing a mask either it will be a pathfinder operation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 27, 2015 i looked up a video i might be getting somewhere i think its done different the way i did thru saturation and clipping but it worked now to make it look better , this was my first one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted April 28, 2015 The one I uploaded for you, Cajun, was a smaller, low res proof. It had gradients in it as I didn't create it for you to cut. It was made to show you the technique. The actual file I created was around 11 inches tall. Remove the gradient and it will vector fine. Here's a vectored version of it. SFlag_02b.svg SFlag_02b.eps The creation above took about 5 minutes split between Photoshop and VinylMaster. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 28, 2015 did you freehand the outline ? or use the magic tool ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted April 28, 2015 Best I can tell from the pic you uploaded, you didn't remove the white background and the flag is clipped to the rectangle of the "S" background. I grabbed the white with the magic wand and deleted it. That left the S standing alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 28, 2015 got ya ill try that yes i did leave the white background Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 28, 2015 actually the white is removed , when i started new i said with no background im useing a font not a image Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TauntDevil 19 Posted April 29, 2015 Hope this helps and isnt going too fast. If so, can pause to read the subtitle stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 29, 2015 thanks for the video that worked great , the only thing i didnt figure out is what you did at the end , i seen you added a layer but dont know how you made it black like instantly Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skarekrow 1,842 Posted April 29, 2015 Add a new layer from the bottom of the layers panel. Drag it to the bottom of the stack. Press "d" to load the default colors (black & white). Control + Backspace will fill the layer (or selection) with the background color, Alt + Backspace will fill it with the foreground color. Viola. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CajunCustom 29 Posted April 29, 2015 Thanks guys that wasnt to bad , that video helped alot , they are loving the out come i just cut some last night 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fustratedinhawaii 71 Posted May 1, 2015 Add a new layer from the bottom of the layers panel.Drag it to the bottom of the stack. Press "d" to load the default colors (black & white). Control + Backspace will fill the layer (or selection) with the background color, Alt + Backspace will fill it with the foreground color. Viola. Ok Skarekrow....now you're just COMPLETELY showing off !!!!!!!!!!!! damn....so nonchalant.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
knucklehead 530 Posted May 1, 2015 I know this is for AI, but if anyone has Corel on their machine, it's a simple two click operation. Called, PowerClip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites