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04/14/2008 04:46:51 PM · #1
I did it once on accident and it looked cool.. but now there is this negative challenge and I don't remember how I did it !!!!
can someone please tell me!!!

04/14/2008 04:48:56 PM · #2
what program do you use?
04/14/2008 04:49:55 PM · #3
you can just do "invert" from the image menu in Photoshop if that's what you use.
04/14/2008 04:52:47 PM · #4
I use iphoto and aperture... have used photoshop elements to
04/14/2008 06:47:44 PM · #5
With a PC, in any version of Photoshop, cntrl/I inverts the layer selected.

R.
04/14/2008 08:00:36 PM · #6
Lot's of info in this thread too ==> nEGATIVE iMAGE

Message edited by author 2008-04-14 20:00:51.
04/15/2008 04:15:08 PM · #7
also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.
04/15/2008 04:18:42 PM · #8
Originally posted by Tez:

also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.


'cept that wouldn't be legal in basic editing. all blending modes have to be "normal."
04/15/2008 04:19:18 PM · #9
Originally posted by Tez:

also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.


isnt that illegal in Basic editing?
04/15/2008 04:25:17 PM · #10
Originally posted by Tez:

also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.


But you can't do that in basic, right?

eta; oops, I should refresh before I post...

Message edited by author 2008-04-15 16:25:53.
04/15/2008 04:40:52 PM · #11
In CS3 you can use the curves feature which will let you adjust the picture to liking as well.

Image > Adjustments > Curves
Under presets go down to negitive
Now use the "input/output" graph box to adjust to liking.
04/15/2008 04:40:55 PM · #12
Originally posted by karmat:

Originally posted by Tez:

also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.


'cept that wouldn't be legal in basic editing. all blending modes have to be "normal."


... and any layers must be adjustment layers. No layers with pixels.

2 strikes, anything else you're do'in that's illegal in basic? ;o)
04/15/2008 04:50:03 PM · #13
Originally posted by cpanaioti:

any layers must be adjustment layers. No layers with pixels.


I'm lost. Did anyone mention layers wih pixels? Can't see it?
04/15/2008 05:07:26 PM · #14
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by cpanaioti:

any layers must be adjustment layers. No layers with pixels.


I'm lost. Did anyone mention layers wih pixels? Can't see it?

Here:
Originally posted by Tez:

also, if you duplicate the layer, invert the duplicate and then set the blending mode to colour it doesn't look as poo.

In Basic, you can't duplicate the Background layer, and you can't use blending modes other than "Normal."
04/15/2008 05:13:32 PM · #15
Originally posted by GeneralE:

In Basic, you can't duplicate the Background layer, and you can't use blending modes other than "Normal."


Well I missed this some where. (The part about duplicating) This is what I have done in the past. I will duplicate the background layer so i can do the sharpening. The only reason why I do this is so I can click that layer on and off quickly to see the difference. Then I would flatten and save as a jpg. So this is illegal?

Edit: went to read. Because this is not an adjustment layer then, right?

Message edited by author 2008-04-15 17:15:01.
04/15/2008 05:13:48 PM · #16
Oh of course yes.

<--- really ought to have an early night.

Right my entry is in and I'm 100% sure it's legal. Night all. See you after rollover.
04/15/2008 05:14:44 PM · #17
Originally posted by colorcarnival:

So this is illegal?


Looks like it is *gulp on your behalf*
04/15/2008 05:16:07 PM · #18
Originally posted by SoulMan1978:

Originally posted by colorcarnival:

So this is illegal?


Looks like it is *gulp on your behalf*


Seriously, I had no clue. I'm someone who has learned photoshop as she goes. And I've learned it all here. So to think of something like this (where a duplicate layer IS NOT an adjustment layer) - I would never have caught it until I saw this thread.
04/15/2008 05:31:31 PM · #19
If you have Photoshop Elements, open the "artwork and effects" toolbar, select "layer styles", select "photographic effects" and click on "negative." I have no idea how to do it in full version PS or CS3.
04/15/2008 07:10:28 PM · #20
Originally posted by colorcarnival:

Originally posted by GeneralE:

In Basic, you can't duplicate the Background layer, and you can't use blending modes other than "Normal."


Well I missed this some where. (The part about duplicating) This is what I have done in the past. I will duplicate the background layer so i can do the sharpening. The only reason why I do this is so I can click that layer on and off quickly to see the difference. Then I would flatten and save as a jpg. So this is illegal?

This is technically illegal (but generally overlooked) because the top (duplicated) layer is at 100% opacity, and therefore completely replaces the background layer.

Where the process becomes completely illegal is when you blend the two pixel-containing layers, either by reducing the opacity to less than 100%, or by setting the Blending Mode to other than "Normal" -- it was in "Color" mode in the example cited earlier.

Message edited by author 2008-04-15 19:11:04.
04/15/2008 07:21:12 PM · #21
oh... it's basic.

Ah well, the tip is still relevant outside of the challenge.
04/15/2008 08:04:46 PM · #22
Originally posted by Tez:

oh... it's basic.

Ah well, the tip is still relevant outside of the challenge.


And may well come in handy, thanks :)
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