Hi All I'm a long time PSP user so I'm struggling a tad with PS CS. Things are going oka though :) . My problem is.... I'm in the process of skinning the Poser 6 Interface which combines .psd files with xml. The .psd's are multilayer and as far as I can tell use an older formatted .psd which handles transparency differently. Generally photoshop handles it fine however there are a couple parts of some psd files that when I select a certain layer, then use the magic wand it outlines a certain area. But when I copy and past this area it comes out bigger in a new image and with transparency. If I inverse the selection and cut it, then the appropriate transparency is lost. Does anyone know how to work around this? Thanks

are you copying and pasting to the same file?? if not, are the files @ the same resolution?? (that would explain the change in size...) :) retrocity

The resolution is standard 72 (for monitors) What version did PS change the way it handles transparencies? I beleive the newer ones handle it diferently from the older versions.

I think that retrocity is asking you are the files are the same size for example if you are working in 500x500px and copy the part of it to another file but smaller in size 250x250px it will fill up youre screen, but the better way is to select the area and then drag and drop with the move tool from one file to another, then simply press CTRL+T to get the free transform tool and scale it up or down in size. Since its on transparent layer delete the background layer and save as .TIFF it will save you transparency :) Hope this will help you :) Tihomir