Placing image inside shape

I know how to put graphics inside text, but I want to fit a graphic into
a circle, which is basically the shape and size of a CD. The graphic
isn't round, but I'd like it to follow the contour of the circle.

It's annoying that I can't recall the name of this technique - it's
called Powerclipping in CorelDraw if anyone knows what I mean.

Thanks in advance,
Jo

 

Hi Jo,
I've been using PS for a while, but don't normally answer queries as there
are better people than me here. However, as your question made me think of a
solution I tried the following: Open the image...apply the
"distort"/"spherize" filter to get the spherical shape. The use the
elliptical marquee tool to make a circular selection around your
image...crop as desired. Not sure if this helps Jo?
Paul

 

Grouping......make your circular shape black, copy and paste the image you
want to group with the shape over the shape, then "Ctrl G" will fill the
shape with the photo. (You can move the photo around within the shape to
suit your needs).

 

Thanks for your suggestion. I must be doing something wrong. When I have
the black circle and the image on their own layers,
ctrlG jut puts them in a group and the image doesn't take on the
circular shape at all.

 

Thanks for your suggestion - I'll give it a go.
Jo

 

Create your shape and just select your photo and copy and "paste into" and
that's all.

Good luck,

Nick Seamore

 

Have the shape on the lower layer, click to select the image layer
above, and the hit CTRL-G. This will group the image layer with the
shape below.