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frankg
Nov 4, 2005
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Perhaps you can help me find a more efficient way to do this see link for December2005 page here http://www.frankgross.com/temp/

I downloaded a Publisher calendar template and resized it in Page Setup Saved it as a jpeg.
Opened the jpeg and another image in Photoshop and dragged it onto a layer above calendar.
Changed mode and opacity (Darken/50%)
Duplicated the layer.
Selected just the calendar area, and created a layer mask (filled with black).
Flatten

It’s long winded – is there a more efficient way to do this? Frank

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edjh
Nov 4, 2005
frankg wrote:
Perhaps you can help me find a more efficient way to do this see link for December2005 page here http://www.frankgross.com/temp/
I downloaded a Publisher calendar template and resized it in Page Setup Saved it as a jpeg.
Opened the jpeg and another image in Photoshop and dragged it onto a layer above calendar.
Changed mode and opacity (Darken/50%)
Duplicated the layer.
Selected just the calendar area, and created a layer mask (filled with black).
Flatten

It’s long winded – is there a more efficient way to do this? Frank
Not sure what you’re doing, but I would tend to put the image on a layer below the calendar and set the calender layer to multiply. I might also lower the opacity on the picture layer.

At any rate this can probably be automated to some extent to make it faster.

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frankg
Nov 4, 2005
Perhaps you can help me find a more efficient way to do this see link for December2005 page here http://www.frankgross.com/temp/
I downloaded a Publisher calendar template and resized it in Page Setup Saved it as a jpeg.
Opened the jpeg and another image in Photoshop and dragged it onto a layer above calendar.
Changed mode and opacity (Darken/50%)
Duplicated the layer.
Selected just the calendar area, and created a layer mask (filled with black).
Flatten

It’s long winded – is there a more efficient way to do this? Frank
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Not sure what you’re doing, but I would tend to put the image on a layer below the calendar and set the calender layer to multiply. I might also lower the opacity on the picture layer.

At any rate this can probably be automated to some extent to make it faster.

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Nor am I sure of what I’m doing – just bumbling about in the dark trying to figure out how to do this.
I’ve posted another file, a psd with layers, at the same link. http://www.frankgross.com/temp/
Is this what you are saying about the layer placings, as opposed to how I did it at first as described in my original post ?
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Akuta
Nov 4, 2005
Ok. try this:

Put the background image under the calendar image.
Set the calendar image to Darken layer mode.
Create new layer between the background image and calendar image Ctrl+Click the Calendar image layer while the new layer is the current layer in use.
Fill using White and adjust the new layer’s opacity according to your needs.
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frankg
Nov 4, 2005
Ok. try this:

Put the background image under the calendar image.
Set the calendar image to Darken layer mode.
Create new layer between the background image and calendar image Ctrl+Click the Calendar image layer while the new layer is the current layer in use.
Fill using White and adjust the new layer’s opacity according to your needs.
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I tried your steps but if you take another look at the uploaded sample/s, the area of the background image within the calendar month is a different opacity than the surrounds, so it seems a layer mask would still be necessary.
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SCRUFF
Nov 4, 2005
"frankg" wrote in message
Ok. try this:

Put the background image under the calendar image.
Set the calendar image to Darken layer mode.
Create new layer between the background image and calendar image Ctrl+Click the Calendar image layer while the new layer is the current layer in use.
Fill using White and adjust the new layer’s opacity according to your needs.
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I tried your steps but if you take another look at the uploaded sample/s, the area of the background image within the calendar month is a different opacity than the surrounds, so it seems a layer mask would still be necessary.
If the calendar area already has a masked opaque area that you created just hit edit/fade to adjust opacity.
It shouldn’t have to be more difficult than that!

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