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there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

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Kabuki
May 13, 2009
"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

no one knows?

attn: Mike Russell once you said this in a past post I think
MR
Mike Russell
May 13, 2009
On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:25 -0400, Kabuki wrote:

"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

no one knows?

Ok, you smoked me out, LOL. It’s ctrl-alt ~.

One reason I didn’t answer is that this is a crude technique, and there are better ways to do the same thing. Here are a few.

1) Shadow/highlights command
2) an adjustment layer with a mask
3) using the Layer Propertiesblend if sliders

attn: Mike Russell once you said this in a past post I think
I use TFS for the ctrl-alt-shift trick for erasing prefs —
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
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Kabuki
May 13, 2009
"Mike Russell" wrote in message
On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:25 -0400, Kabuki wrote:

"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image
but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

no one knows?

Ok, you smoked me out, LOL. It’s ctrl-alt ~.

One reason I didn’t answer is that this is a crude technique, and there are
better ways to do the same thing. Here are a few.

1) Shadow/highlights command
2) an adjustment layer with a mask
3) using the Layer Propertiesblend if sliders

attn: Mike Russell once you said this in a past post I think
I use TFS for the ctrl-alt-shift trick for erasing prefs —
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com

thanks>>>>>> I intend to make a mask anyway but want to start with that as the selection
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br
May 14, 2009
"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)
Ctrl+Alt+Tilde but in CS4 it’s now changed to Ctrl+Alt+2
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Kabuki
May 14, 2009
"/\BratMan/\" wrote in message
"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)
Ctrl+Alt+Tilde but in CS4 it’s now changed to Ctrl+Alt+2
thanks I am using CS3
JJ
Jay Jhabrix
May 15, 2009
"Mike Russell" wrote:
On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:25 -0400, Kabuki wrote:

"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image
but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

no one knows?

Ok, you smoked me out, LOL. It’s ctrl-alt ~.

One reason I didn’t answer is that this is a crude technique, and there are
better ways to do the same thing. Here are a few.

1) Shadow/highlights command
2) an adjustment layer with a mask
3) using the Layer Propertiesblend if sliders

Just fooled around – CS3 – and the following seem to select parts of the image too:

ctrl + alt + 1
ctrl + alt + 2
ctrl + alt + 3

Can’t figure how much of the light / dark they pick up though…

any help?

Thanks…

JJ
MR
Mike Russell
May 15, 2009
On Fri, 15 May 2009 18:12:09 +0530, JayJay wrote:

"Mike Russell" wrote:
On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:45:25 -0400, Kabuki wrote:

"Kabuki" wrote in message
there is some 3-finger salute to select the lightest portions of an image
but I forgot what it is
(Tilde key?)

no one knows?

Ok, you smoked me out, LOL. It’s ctrl-alt ~.

One reason I didn’t answer is that this is a crude technique, and there are
better ways to do the same thing. Here are a few.

1) Shadow/highlights command
2) an adjustment layer with a mask
3) using the Layer Propertiesblend if sliders

Just fooled around – CS3 – and the following seem to select parts of the image too:

ctrl + alt + 1
ctrl + alt + 2
ctrl + alt + 3

Can’t figure how much of the light / dark they pick up though…
any help?

Thanks…

JJ

They select light areas, in proportion to the channel value. Ctrl-alt 1 loads the red channel as a selection, ctrl-alt-2 blue, and ctrl-alt-3 green. Ctrl-alt ~ loads an averaged or "composite" brightness. —
Mike Russell – http://www.curvemeister.com
JJ
Jay Jhabrix
May 17, 2009
"Mike Russell" wrote:

They select light areas, in proportion to the channel value. Ctrl-alt 1 loads the red channel as a selection, ctrl-alt-2 blue, and ctrl-alt-3 green. Ctrl-alt ~ loads an averaged or "composite" brightness.

Thanks Mike…. Dumb of me!

JJ

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