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Posted on 22/01/06 9:34:14 PM
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mask(s) question...
hey all!
there has to be a way to do this i'm just not smart enough to figure it out.

i have a pic, i want 50% of it kept and the other 50% changed.
so i cut out the 50% that i want changed and make a new layer...i put this on top of the existing 100% layer (the bottome layer is the original and the top layer is the 50% cutout that i want changed).

so what do i do with the 50% cutout layer to make it block out the bottom original. i don't want to see any portion/or bleed from the bottom layer that the top layer is sitting on.
does my question make sense? do you know what i'm asking?

thanks so much!

Posted on 22/01/06 9:58:14 PM
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Re: mask(s) question...
Surely the fact that the 50% layer is above the original will block out that portion of the original? Or is it not an even 50%?

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Posted on 22/01/06 10:32:40 PM
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Re: mask(s) question...
well i thought the same thing david, but the bottom layer is a dark color and the top layer is a lighter color and i'm getting bleed through which is resulting in a totally new different color! lol!

i was screwing around with layer and layer masks and tried filling stuff w/ black and it wasn't working...then right clicked on the mask (to disable) and got an x through it and all of a sudden it worked!
but i have no idea what i did but i backed out because i hadn't copied that layer yet in case something went wrong.

i'm wanting the top layer to "punch through" what is below it, totally.



Posted on 22/01/06 11:25:16 PM
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Re: mask(s) question...
never mind...i had the blend mode set to color...not normal.

Posted on 23/01/06 00:46:29 AM
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That would explain it! Glad you got it sorted.

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