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11/14/2010 07:30:57 PM · #1 |
Is it legal to duplicate layers and change the blending mode in advanced editing?
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11/14/2010 07:35:43 PM · #2 |
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11/14/2010 07:37:47 PM · #3 |
| 195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
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11/14/2010 07:39:59 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by bohemka:
195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
I've never done blending modes with duplicated layers before -- only with textured overlays.
I did one by mistake, and it's really so much better than the original.
Message edited by author 2010-11-14 19:40:07.
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11/14/2010 07:44:17 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by bohemka:
195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
I've never done blending modes with duplicated layers before -- only with textured overlays.
I did one by mistake, and it's really so much better than the original. |
Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
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11/14/2010 07:46:12 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by bohemka:
195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
I've never done blending modes with duplicated layers before -- only with textured overlays.
I did one by mistake, and it's really so much better than the original. |
Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
now you tell me... :P
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11/14/2010 07:48:00 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by bohemka:
195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
I've never done blending modes with duplicated layers before -- only with textured overlays.
I did one by mistake, and it's really so much better than the original. |
Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
now you tell me... :P |
did you ask? ;) |
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11/14/2010 07:50:10 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by bspurgeon:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by vawendy:
Originally posted by bohemka:
195 challenges entered. Have you hit your head, Wendy? |
I've never done blending modes with duplicated layers before -- only with textured overlays.
I did one by mistake, and it's really so much better than the original. |
Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
now you tell me... :P |
did you ask? ;) |
oh yes -- I remember specifically asking "what's one of the easiest ways to pop a picture?"
But, you know Bear...
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11/14/2010 07:52:11 PM · #9 |
Ummmm.... good thread idea, or just PM me.
What is the best way to pop a picture? |
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11/14/2010 07:54:40 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by bohemka:
Ummmm.... good thread idea, or just PM me.
What is the best way to pop a picture? |
I tried a thread awhile ago, asking how people like to process in photoshop (what's their most commonly done processing steps.
It didn't go over well -- but it might be worth trying again.
Maybe a "have you tried this?" thread...
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11/14/2010 08:00:55 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by vawendy:
-- only with textured overlays. |
that is illegal in pretty much any challenge |
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11/14/2010 08:02:41 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by bohemka:
Ummmm.... good thread idea, or just PM me.
What is the best way to pop a picture? |
Dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Create a mask and partly paint out any shadows that go too dense. magic, I tell ya, magic!
Alternatively, an icepick works very well...
(Runs for shelter...)
R. |
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11/14/2010 08:02:42 PM · #13 |
Originally posted by JulietNN:
Originally posted by vawendy:
-- only with textured overlays. |
that is illegal in pretty much any challenge |
yup -- I realized that textures were a no no, except perhaps in expert editing. But considering  Mike_311's last DQ, I think I'll avoid them there, as well.
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11/14/2010 08:25:43 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by bohemka:
Ummmm.... good thread idea, or just PM me.
What is the best way to pop a picture? |
Dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Create a mask and partly paint out any shadows that go too dense. magic, I tell ya, magic!
Alternatively, an icepick works very well...
(Runs for shelter...)
R. |
There's a really handy opacity slider if the effect is to strong for you too. :-) Also, if you want a hint of soft glowishness, you can use gaussian blur on the dup layer before changing the blending mode. I usually enter 6 or so. That seems to work pretty well. Too much more and it can look weird. |
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11/14/2010 10:28:35 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Trumpeteer4:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by bohemka:
Ummmm.... good thread idea, or just PM me.
What is the best way to pop a picture? |
Dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Create a mask and partly paint out any shadows that go too dense. magic, I tell ya, magic!
Alternatively, an icepick works very well...
(Runs for shelter...)
R. |
There's a really handy opacity slider if the effect is to strong for you too. :-) Also, if you want a hint of soft glowishness, you can use gaussian blur on the dup layer before changing the blending mode. I usually enter 6 or so. That seems to work pretty well. Too much more and it can look weird. |
Good tip on the blur, but for the record it doesn't matter if you add the gaussian before or after changing the blending mode.
R. |
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11/14/2010 11:33:27 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
.........Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
FWIW, duping the background layer with the sole intention of changing the blending mode increases the size of the file unnecessarily. You will get the exact same effect if you add any null adjustment layer (null=without changing any of the baseline parameters) and change the blending mode for such adjustment layer. This gives you the added advantage of having a mask already installed.
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11/15/2010 12:11:50 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by senor_kasper:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
.........Hell yes! One of the easiest ways to pop a picture is to dupe the base layer in soft light mode. Magical...
R. |
FWIW, duping the background layer with the sole intention of changing the blending mode increases the size of the file unnecessarily. You will get the exact same effect if you add any null adjustment layer (null=without changing any of the baseline parameters) and change the blending mode for such adjustment layer. This gives you the added advantage of having a mask already installed. |
That works fine IF you don't want to add anything like blur, or do anything else involving pixels. A lot of the time I will actually cut pieces from this layer and paste them in as a new layer to mix and match blending modes. In general it seems easier to keep track of with actual pixel-containing layers. At least for me.
And, for what it's worth, you don't even need a new layer; you can just go image>apply image>soft light (or any other mode) and do it all right there on the actual layer, though that of course is destructive :-)
R. |
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