Oh, would also like to know if is possible to apply Adjustment Layers to clip with a certain group? Rather than having to merge them all. To avoid anything sub-adjustment layer being targeted. Or using the layer mask on the adj layer to avoid certain areas.
Photoshop CS4 - Few Questions
OK, so I've been using this program for quite a while now. 3 years really, and over the last year I have been following all sorts of tutorials and reading about it. So by now Im confident with most tools there and have used them enough be able to let my creativity loose.
I do have 2 questions though.
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Effects layers (Outer glow etc) blending modes. So I understand the bending modes, that's not the issue. Say I have created a transparent image and the outer glow for example, fades into this transparency. With certain blend modes they will interact differently depending on the colour underneath. But only within PS. If the outer glow were set to Overlay. If the under layer was set to a white background on a normal blend mode. They would interact perfectly. However, If I took this image (removed under layer) and tried to add this trans PNG to a place in the web, here for example, on white, the outerglow would have lost it's blend.
This is particularly annoying on the website Im doing. One of the buttons had a light effect imageswap on a Java rollover thing. In PS the image interacted with the under layer (on Overlay blend IIRC), however it looks as though it's reverted to Normal on the website. And looses it's light cast effect. How could I get around this? Before the image was exported it had to be merged, upon merging though I can instantly see the change. As though all the blend modes have been reverted to normal.
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A slightly simpler one here
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I know all about masking etc, however I have always wondered if you can actively mask layer effects. Again for simplicity I will use Outer glow as an example. Sometimes I don't want this all around a particular layer. But I want to keep the layer itself intact. Is there any way to mask the effect only, without having to copy bit of the image without the effect, on top of it to create the same result.
Apologies if I haven't made my point very well!
I do have 2 questions though.
1:
Effects layers (Outer glow etc) blending modes. So I understand the bending modes, that's not the issue. Say I have created a transparent image and the outer glow for example, fades into this transparency. With certain blend modes they will interact differently depending on the colour underneath. But only within PS. If the outer glow were set to Overlay. If the under layer was set to a white background on a normal blend mode. They would interact perfectly. However, If I took this image (removed under layer) and tried to add this trans PNG to a place in the web, here for example, on white, the outerglow would have lost it's blend.
This is particularly annoying on the website Im doing. One of the buttons had a light effect imageswap on a Java rollover thing. In PS the image interacted with the under layer (on Overlay blend IIRC), however it looks as though it's reverted to Normal on the website. And looses it's light cast effect. How could I get around this? Before the image was exported it had to be merged, upon merging though I can instantly see the change. As though all the blend modes have been reverted to normal.
2:
A slightly simpler one here
Apologies if I haven't made my point very well!
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1. I think when you are referring to the program, you mean Photoshop in general, CS 4 has not been out for three years.
2. i think you are trying to say BLENDING MODES, not bending modes
3. for your overlay problem, i would design it with the background color of the site. Meaning, just dont leave it transparent and hope it will work, if i remember correctly an overlay will help the blending of background colors. So take the background into Photoshop and design it that route.
4. I dont know why you cant mask effects, try adjusting the erase settings with their opacity
5. You might want to read a few books on Photoshop CS 4, one great one i like is the On Demand books, because they are books that show you all the toys and a quick reference on how to use them.
Good luck
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2. i think you are trying to say BLENDING MODES, not bending modes
3. for your overlay problem, i would design it with the background color of the site. Meaning, just dont leave it transparent and hope it will work, if i remember correctly an overlay will help the blending of background colors. So take the background into Photoshop and design it that route.
4. I dont know why you cant mask effects, try adjusting the erase settings with their opacity
5. You might want to read a few books on Photoshop CS 4, one great one i like is the On Demand books, because they are books that show you all the toys and a quick reference on how to use them.
Good luck
OK firstly, I think it's pretty clear what I meant, and unless that's an attempt at dry humor, I don't see the purpose of the unnecessary pedantics. A quck CTRL+F shows I made ONE typo with the word BENDing modes. I mentioned BLENDING/Blend 8 other times.
The purpose was not for dry humor, it was making sure that you were questioning blending. The same thing you do when you are doing work for a client, you clearify, correct, then check before i give you wrong advice or work. This is why i wanted to make sure that you were not trying to refer to something else and said you must be trying to say blending.
Thank you for your other points anyway. Although bringing in a background for a transparent image isn't exactly a work around ;-D
I agree, but lack of work or samples to best refer to a solution is not possible, i wanted to give you a quick correction. Also, this is why i didnt go into great detail about what to do because i am unsure what really Photoshop you are using from your claim on CS 4.
I doubt I'll bother with the book, but thanks for the recommendation. I prefer a hands on approach and have had better success by following written tutorials and videos. Everyone is different though!
I agree with you 100% on this, but the downfall to always going to tutorials is that they are sometimes incorrect, either for a different version and dont bother to tell you the version it was made for, or longer then needed when it could have taken simple steps. They do have books that have pre-checked tutorials and are certified by Adobe as a good reference for their products. One book that i prefer to learn something quickly hands-on is the Visual Quick Start books.
I must say, from reading some of your other posts on here, that you know quite well, the fact you may have more experience with Design than most on here. It comes across as egotistical and quite patronising to the people you are talking to. I'm sure you don't get that tone of response when you ask computer advice...
I can see what you are saying here. As it may seem that I am that way i do not intend for it that way. I am a newbee to the forum world and trying to make sure i dont seem like a jerk. Also, i try to stay straight to the point and clear on my design responses, from the past i have seen if I exceed more then i need to I can turn people in the wrong direction or confuse them. And as the saying go KISS it (keep it simple stupid)
Other than that, good luck and hope in some way it was helpful.
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The purpose was not for dry humor, it was making sure that you were questioning blending. The same thing you do when you are doing work for a client, you clearify, correct, then check before i give you wrong advice or work. This is why i wanted to make sure that you were not trying to refer to something else and said you must be trying to say blending.
Thank you for your other points anyway. Although bringing in a background for a transparent image isn't exactly a work around ;-D
I agree, but lack of work or samples to best refer to a solution is not possible, i wanted to give you a quick correction. Also, this is why i didnt go into great detail about what to do because i am unsure what really Photoshop you are using from your claim on CS 4.
I doubt I'll bother with the book, but thanks for the recommendation. I prefer a hands on approach and have had better success by following written tutorials and videos. Everyone is different though!
I agree with you 100% on this, but the downfall to always going to tutorials is that they are sometimes incorrect, either for a different version and dont bother to tell you the version it was made for, or longer then needed when it could have taken simple steps. They do have books that have pre-checked tutorials and are certified by Adobe as a good reference for their products. One book that i prefer to learn something quickly hands-on is the Visual Quick Start books.
I must say, from reading some of your other posts on here, that you know quite well, the fact you may have more experience with Design than most on here. It comes across as egotistical and quite patronising to the people you are talking to. I'm sure you don't get that tone of response when you ask computer advice...
I can see what you are saying here. As it may seem that I am that way i do not intend for it that way. I am a newbee to the forum world and trying to make sure i dont seem like a jerk. Also, i try to stay straight to the point and clear on my design responses, from the past i have seen if I exceed more then i need to I can turn people in the wrong direction or confuse them. And as the saying go KISS it (keep it simple stupid)
Other than that, good luck and hope in some way it was helpful.
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