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Open the template. Get the Move Tool. Select a layer you want to cover with a photo by clicking on the layer in the Layers Palette. Open a photo. Still using the Move Tool, drag the photo or paper down from the editing window onto the template in the Project Bin. The photo layer should be directly over the photo layer you selected. Press Ctrl + G (Mac: Cmd+G) on your keyboard to "glue" the photo to the photo layer. If the photo is in the wrong place in the Layers Palette, drag it up or down so that it rests directly over the layer you want to glue it on. Repeat the process with other photos or digital papers. To resize the photo or digital paper, get the Move Tool, then hover the mouse over the corner of the photo to pick up the corner handle. Drag toward the photo to make it smaller or away from the photo to make it larger. To turn or tilt the photo, hover the cursor over the sides to pick up the side handle and use it to turn the photo. To learn even more techniques for using layered templates, this is a wonderful tutorial for learning to working with templates: Getting Started With - Templates To use a template in Photoshop: Open the template. Get the Move Tool. Select a layer you want to cover with a photo by clicking on the layer in the Layers Palette. Open a photo. Still using the Move Tool, drag the photo onto the template. (To see both the photo and the template at one time, click the "Restore Down" icon at the top right corner of the Menu Bar. It looks like a double-rectangle.) The photo layer should be directly over the photo layer you selected. Press Alt+Ctrl + G (Mac: Opt+Cmd+G) on your keyboard to "glue" the photo to the photo layer. If the photo is in the wrong place in the Layers Palette, drag it up or down so that it rests directly over the layer you want to glue it on. Repeat the process with other photos or digital papers. To resize the photo or digital paper, get the Move Tool, then hover the mouse over the corner of the photo to pick up the corner handle. Drag toward the photo to make it smaller or away from the photo to make it larger. To turn or tilt the photo, hover the cursor over the sides to pick up the side handle and use it to turn the photo. To learn even more techniques for using layered templates, this is a wonderful tutorial for learning to working with templates: Getting Started With - Templates |
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