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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:45 PM Original message |
Photoshop experts: a question please. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
1. It'd be a lot easier to answer that if I knew the image you were working with... |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The hippie types faster then I do.. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I've put them up a little further downthread. Thank you! |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would use the Background eraser if it is a solid color. |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Duplicate your image to a new layer. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Does the brush tool require the selection of a foreground and a background color? |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Just black or white. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:31 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Here are two images in which I'd like to make the black transparent. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:36 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Oh, crap... These are tough ones... |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Switch to the Channels palette. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. I'll try it. Thank you very much! (Won't that alter the overall image coloration?) |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:48 PM Original message |
I like to find easy ways to accomplish these things. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
25. Thank you very much! |
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evlbstrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. You can also tweak layer transparency and blending modes. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:57 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. How's this? |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. The red one works but as others said, the top one loses the black balance |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. PNG is an image format and just put it over another image in photoshop to see what I mean by alpha. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thanks. I appreciate it. |
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ghostsofgiants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. No problem. |
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Omphaloskepsis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:22 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. I curved the top one. It might work. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
7. If it's a solid color |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Thank you very much. I'll try those tips. Please see the two images I've just posted in subthread... |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:46 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. The red one won't be so bad |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 07:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. Thanks. That's what I was afraid of. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:04 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Ok, here's how you can recreate it and prevent the problems |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:09 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Thanks, I appreciate it. If these images are a dead end, no problem. Now I can try new things! |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-21-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. Well, you can still try new things |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. I can't remember how many features are in PS4. Layer effects? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Not to hijack the discussion, but |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yeah, it's pretty cool to think of modulating brush size with an LFO, right? |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Oh man! |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:38 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I think this is a legitimate subthread, because you and Peake and I all do synths/gfx |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:50 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Yes, both directions |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:16 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Yeah, synesthesia indeed. I hope Peake adds to this, being a Buchla man and all. |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:05 AM Response to Reply #35 |
37. MIDI- Feh! |
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Bongo Prophet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 04:26 AM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Oh, don't go there mon. A CV vs. midi battle on DU? Never thought we'd see that. |
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JeffR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
45. Mac for the MIDI stuff, PC for mastering |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:18 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. No tubes in a computer. Very sad... |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 12:53 AM Response to Original message |
29. I hope you won't mind, but see if this is something you were looking for |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:08 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. Thanks for the tips... |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Well Flickr did let me have access to the code, so here they are. I hope you like them ;=D |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:31 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Hey, it works! Perhaps someday I might gain those skills. |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 03:49 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. Your Welcome Peake |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 05:50 PM Response to Reply #40 |
49. If your interested in viewing a political video I composited together |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:04 AM Response to Original message |
34. You may want to experiment with the "Blending Options" sliders... |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:58 AM Response to Reply #34 |
36. I see it. Blending Options is not as complete in 4.0 as what you've shown, but |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 10:32 AM Response to Reply #36 |
43. You're welcome - that screen shot was from Photoshop 7.0 on a Mac, so |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 10:35 AM Response to Original message |
44. www.lunapic.com...has all the tools you need |
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Fire Walk With Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Thank you! |
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hyphenate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-22-07 02:50 PM Response to Original message |
48. If you are working with just a 2 color image |
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