Photoshop help required

[gopher]

I have some borders in black and white that I would like to use (rough edges, charcol effect etc) and I'm sure the idea is that the photo is supposed to replace the black, but I can't seem to do it. Can anyone give me any pointers?

Thanks

Paul

[GetCarter]

many ways:

one of them:

Open the boarder
Open the pic
resize pic to size of black
use 'move' tool to place pic over black
flatten image
save

[gopher]

Hi Steve,

thanks for the reply. What you describe is what I've been trying but I'm doing something wrong as when I move the pic over the border it just creates a new layer on top, the black is not replaced, so it seems I'm missing a step.

Cheers

Paul

[Bee_Jay]

Use the border as a template for a layer mask. That way the picture will replace the black of the mask. (or vice-versa, may need to inverse the mask).

Someone more intelligent will turn up in a minute...

[gopher]

Ok, it seems I got it, thanks.

I applied the layer mask to a background copy of the original image, copied the border over and then chanegd the layer mode from normal to screen.

Cheers

Paul