Re: Photoshop 101 Questions...

Hi Emily,

Thanks. Your tips were very helpful, although I still had a tough time trying to accomplish what I needed to do for this project.

After editing video with CS3, a DVD duplicating service sent me a DVD disc template to use in a .pdf format.

Since I don't know Photoshop (CS3), I didn't understand layers.

I opened the .pdf, then started make separate text areas that I then realized automatically became separate layers.

Once I had all the text and one photo where I wanted it, I was instructed to then delete the original .pdf layer that had the DVD safe text area dotted lines.

All was well. But, now, for the 4 panel paper insert that goes into the DVD case, I had to load another template.

The insert is simple one rectangular piece of paper that will be folded in half, so that I have four separate areas for text, fine.

My idea was to use the design that I just did for the face of the actual DVD, and to put that design on the top (front) part of the paper so that it showed through the DVD clear plastic case.

I opened the new template, then opened the design I already had for the DVD disc face and somehow managed to drag the design over into the new, square template.

But, now every time I tried to crop the design (which had a black background layer and all text was yellow) the actual new template was cropping too. This was my main problem.

Then, what was worse, I couldn't figure out how to make another black background (for the yellow text) on the left other side of the new template.

Maybe I should just pay somebody (you?) to help? I submitted the DVD without the insert and just had 200 discs printed because I couldn't get this done and I really needed the discs now.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Jerry