putting a picture into another one.

[stevebuk]

does anyone have a quick method of inserting one picture inside another, i want to upload quite a few things on ebay and dont want to incur extra photo charges, so if i can show one picture with another picture tucked in the corner i will be happy.

TIA

 

[bosshogg]

Hi Steve,

What graphics programs are available to you?

 

[wobblycogs]

Paint.NET is free and easily capable of doing what you want. It's fairly powerful without being overly complex I use it all the time for general image manipulation.

 

[stevebuk]

i have photoshop cs2 and cs3, i have done it before but cant remember how to do it.
Thanks for the info wobbly, i will also try that..

 

[bosshogg]

In Photoshop you should be able yo import multi-pal photos onto different layers, by combining the layers you can create a montage...bosshogg

 

[misterfish]

Another vote for Paint.net - free and powerful - I use it most of the time.

Bear in mind the size of the final image that will show on Ebay - the standard pictures are not very large or detailed so a picture in picture may be difficult to see.

If you already have somewhere on the web that you put pictures or files (like Flikr) you can simply modify the Ebay listing to link to and display those external pictures - that way you can have as many images in the listing as you want. It requires just one extra line of HTML to be added to the code produced by the Ebay listing software and I'm sure there are several of us that could help you make the modifications.

Misterfish

 

[Lons]

Hi Steve

if you have MS Publisher as part of your office suite it's dead easy and much quicker than photoshop.

All I do is isert however many pics I want on to the page and re-size / arrange as wanted (best to set text wrapping to "through") and you can set one pic over another or insert text as well.
Once complete, just select all and group together then can save as a new jpeg picture and it's done.

Bob

 

[MickCheese]

In Photoshop i seem to remember you have both photo's open. You then open a third new background. Tile all three so they are side by side.

Get the two photo's you want to use the right size.

Now just use the select tool to drag and drop the photo's onto your new background, you will now be able to move them to be side by side and will know if you need to change the size before dragging them over.

There must be an easier way but this works for me.

I use CS3.

Good luck

Mick

 

[dedee]

I do not know if you can do this on a PC but on a mac open a doc in word, insert a text box then insert an image inside that. Then insert another image inside another text box and place one on top of the other, removing all backgrounds borders etc. Then take a partial screen grab (on the mac saves as a PNG) and save that as a jpg. Took me less than a minute

Andy

 

[stevebuk]

cheers folks, i will get on it now, not easy in paint when you dont know your way around..

 

[Racers]

Hi,

How about MS Powerpoint?

Pete

 

[brianhabby]

Hi Steve,

You don't need to bother with any of the above. misterfish is on the right track by hosting your pictures somewhere else on the web.

You can insert your images into your listing if you know how to use HTML or an HTML editor but even that's not necessary.

This is the easy way:

Upload your pictures to somewhere on the web, I use Photobucket but there are several sites available for free. When you are ready to insert the pictures in your eBay listing instead of finding the pictures on your local machine, just choose the self hosting option on eBay and insert the link to your files on the web.

This way you can use several photos at zero cost.

Hope that helps

regards

Brian

 

[stevebuk]

sounds perfect, i already have some on there, i will go and see if i can add close ups.

many thanks... :lol:

Hi Steve,

You don't need to bother with any of the above. misterfish is on the right track by hosting your pictures somewhere else on the web.

You can insert your images into your listing if you know how to use HTML or an HTML editor but even that's not necessary.

This is the easy way:

Upload your pictures to somewhere on the web, I use Photobucket but there are several sites available for free. When you are ready to insert the pictures in your eBay listing instead of finding the pictures on your local machine, just choose the self hosting option on eBay and insert the link to your files on the web.

This way you can use several photos at zero cost.

Hope that helps

regards

Brian

 

[brianhabby]

Hi Steve,

I think I may have misled you with my last post. I've been checking but the self hosting option only allows you to host the first picture and not multiple ones, sorry.

I'm sure i've used this option in the past, maybe they've stopped it, I don't know. I tried the other option, 'Copy Web Files' but you still get charged for them.

If you can find a way to create your listing with an HTML editor then you can definitely link to your own files, just copy the code to eBay when you are ready using the HTML option.

If you still want to put a picture within a picture, and there are lots of different software that will help you do this, then bear in mind the comments above about the size of the final image when displayed on the eBay site.

Sorry if I gave you false hope, I genuinely thought you could still do what I suggested.

regards

Brian

 

[misterfish]

I just had a quick play with a pretend Ebay listing - when I got to the bit where I type in all the main details/blurb it had two tabs at the top of the box - one for the basic simple description and the second for HTML that give a simple HTML editor where you con actuall modify the code and add whatever code you need. This is how I did it for listings I have done to display more and larger pictures at no extra cost.

Misterfish

 

[bugbear]

Hi Steve,

You don't need to bother with any of the above. misterfish is on the right track by hosting your pictures somewhere else on the web.

You can insert your images into your listing if you know how to use HTML or an HTML editor but even that's not necessary.

This is the easy way:

Upload your pictures to somewhere on the web, I use Photobucket but there are several sites available for free. When you are ready to insert the pictures in your eBay listing instead of finding the pictures on your local machine, just choose the self hosting option on eBay and insert the link to your files on the web.

This way you can use several photos at zero cost.

Hope that helps

regards

Brian

Seconded - this is a MUCH better solution.

BugBear

 

[myturn]

As misterfish suggests, use HTML to insert a link to your image.

The easiest way to do this is use the Standard tab to format your text then switch to the HTML tab to insert the image link.

For example, the following text will generate the HTML shown below it (note the blank line between the two lines):

I'm selling my junk

Only used once

HTML generated:

<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm selling my junk</span></font><br>
<br>Only used once<br>

Between the two <br><br> you can insert an HTML link to an image hosted outside of ebay.....

<font size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm selling my junk</span></font><br>
<img src="http://www.sunrise-divers.com/images/liveaboards/the_junk/the_junk.jpg">
<br>Only used once<br><br><br><br>

Which will display the following in your listing............

I'm selling my junk

Only used once