multiple layer masks?

jrzyguy wrote:

Ok…so i am a big fan of layer masks…..but today i came across a problem…i wanted to have "multiple fades". thats the only way i can describe it. Basicaly…i want all edges to fade out…except for the top of the layer. I finaly found a work around by having one layer mask..then merging down to a tranparant layer…then applying another layer mask. I just found myself scratching my head (as well as other parts) thinking that wouldnt it just be soooo much easier to have multiple layer masks.
Oh..using PS7

thanks in advance

jj

How are you making these fades? You should be able to do complex fades and such in a single LM. You know you can use selection tools and painting tools in a mask just as on a layer, right?

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yeah….i pretty much know that edjh.

I am usualy applying a gradient after choosing an layer mask. I have gotten pretty good at creating custom gradients to achieve the effects i need…and that is probably what i will do tomorrow when i have to finish up this one slide of a project. I just was wondering if there was a quick way to do this in 7.

THe problem i have with with applying a gradiant in a layer mask…is that i find that i only have radial, linar…etc….i need a three sided gradiant to achieve what i want to EASILY. It aint too much work to do what i have been doing…just wondering if there was an easier way.

I’ll mess around here at home tonight..and again at work tomorrow….i just havent had to do exactly what i am trying to do before. UGH…i feel STOOPIT!!!!
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jrzyguy wrote:

Ok…so i am a big fan of layer masks…..but today i came across a problem…i wanted to have "multiple fades". thats the only way i can describe it. Basicaly…i want all edges to fade out…except for the

top

of the layer. I finaly found a work around by having one layer

mask..then

merging down to a tranparant layer…then applying another layer mask.

I

just found myself scratching my head (as well as other parts) thinking

that

wouldnt it just be soooo much easier to have multiple layer masks.
Oh..using PS7

thanks in advance

jj

How are you making these fades? You should be able to do complex fades and such in a single LM. You know you can use selection tools and painting tools in a mask just as on a layer, right?

—
Comic book sketches and artwork:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
Comics art for sale:
http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/batsale.html

Ok…so i am a big fan of layer masks…..but today i came across a problem…i wanted to have "multiple fades". thats the only way i can describe it. Basicaly…i want all edges to fade out…except for the top of the layer. I finaly found a work around by having one layer mask..then merging down to a tranparant layer…then applying another layer mask. I just found myself scratching my head (as well as other parts) thinking

that

wouldnt it just be soooo much easier to have multiple layer masks.
Oh..using PS7

thanks in advance

jj

The way to get multiple fades on a layer mask when using the gradient tool is to select the "Foreground to Transparency" option in the tool bar rather than "Foreground to Background". A simple tip but one worth remembering.

Geoff.
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Geoff Jackson, Nottingham, UK.

www.gjphoto.f9.co.uk
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Ahhhhhh! gotcha Geoff! Thanks…i knew there must be some simple step i was missing.

jj

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Ok…so i am a big fan of layer masks…..but today i came across a problem…i wanted to have "multiple fades". thats the only way i can describe it. Basicaly…i want all edges to fade out…except for the

top

of the layer. I finaly found a work around by having one layer

mask..then

merging down to a tranparant layer…then applying another layer mask.

I

just found myself scratching my head (as well as other parts) thinking

that

wouldnt it just be soooo much easier to have multiple layer masks.
Oh..using PS7

thanks in advance

jj

The way to get multiple fades on a layer mask when using the gradient tool is to select the "Foreground to Transparency" option in the tool bar

rather

than "Foreground to Background". A simple tip but one worth remembering.
Geoff.
—
Geoff Jackson, Nottingham, UK.

www.gjphoto.f9.co.uk
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I have found that changing the mode from normal to multiply works wonders. Lotsa flexibility…..anyone else have better suggestions?

"jrzyguy" wrote in message

Ahhhhhh! gotcha Geoff! Thanks…i knew there must be some simple step i was missing.

jj

"Geoff Jackson" wrote in message

Ok…so i am a big fan of layer masks…..but today i came across a problem…i wanted to have "multiple fades". thats the only way i can describe it. Basicaly…i want all edges to fade out…except for the

top

of the layer. I finaly found a work around by having one layer

mask..then

merging down to a tranparant layer…then applying another layer mask.

I

just found myself scratching my head (as well as other parts) thinking

that

wouldnt it just be soooo much easier to have multiple layer masks.
Oh..using PS7

thanks in advance

jj

The way to get multiple fades on a layer mask when using the gradient

tool

is to select the "Foreground to Transparency" option in the tool bar

rather

than "Foreground to Background". A simple tip but one worth remembering.
Geoff.
—
Geoff Jackson, Nottingham, UK.

www.gjphoto.f9.co.uk
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