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07/05/2006 09:35:08 PM · #1 |
| Do you flatten your image before you use unsharpen? |
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07/05/2006 09:39:47 PM · #2 |
I don't. I create the result of everything that I have done on a new (merged) layer and use that.
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (Windows) |
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07/05/2006 09:39:53 PM · #3 |
only if there are pixel containing layers besides the background layer. depending on what I'm going for, each one of those can have their own sharpening though. for saving to DPC, I always flatten the resized image and run USM, even if I take it back I still have a look with/without.
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07/05/2006 09:41:53 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by xion:
I don't. I create the result of everything that I have done on a new (merged) layer and use that.
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (Windows) |
sorry, I'm stupid tonight, isn't a merged layer the same as a flattened layer?
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07/05/2006 09:45:05 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Originally posted by xion:
I don't. I create the result of everything that I have done on a new (merged) layer and use that.
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (Windows) |
sorry, I'm stupid tonight, isn't a merged layer the same as a flattened layer? |
Yes, Copy Merge is the same thing as a flatten layer but I think he meant flattening all layers, which is not the same thing.
Message edited by author 2006-07-05 21:45:27.
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07/06/2006 03:26:37 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by wavelength:
Originally posted by xion:
I don't. I create the result of everything that I have done on a new (merged) layer and use that.
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E (Windows) |
sorry, I'm stupid tonight, isn't a merged layer the same as a flattened layer? |
Probably, but the command he gave is not a flattening command -- it is a stamp command. What it does is stamps the current layer with what is visible, and is called 'stamp visible'.
To use it, create a new blank layer on top of all other layers and then Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E. The end result is similar to flattening the visible layers and duplicating -- but without the need to flatten first. It gives a pixel layer that duplicates all visible layers.
David
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07/06/2006 05:55:58 AM · #7 |
Or...you could do hold down Ctrl+Shft+Alt with your left hand and then hit N and then E with your right hand.
This makes a new layer and merges it all onto that new layer without wiping out the other layers.
Ctrl+Shft+Alt........N.....E
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07/06/2006 06:22:42 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by David.C:
Probably, but the command he gave is not a flattening command -- it is a stamp command. What it does is stamps the current layer with what is visible, and is called 'stamp visible'.
To use it, create a new blank layer on top of all other layers and then Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E. The end result is similar to flattening the visible layers and duplicating -- but without the need to flatten first. It gives a pixel layer that duplicates all visible layers.
David |
Yep. That's what it's known as.
You don't actually need to create a blank layer though.
You can just select the top layer (or another layer or a group) and use the command. |
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