Multiple images by layering

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Jack
May 15, 2004
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I attempted to do the equivalent of multiple exposures of a waterfall by taking ten separate images and layering in PhotoShop 7 and giving each image 10% opacity. It turns out that each layer down becomes less visible, to the point where the bottom 5 or 6 were not visible at all. By lots of trial and error, I was able to "balance" the image by increasing the % opacity of the lower layers. There must be a better way to do this, or a formula for calculating the % opacity required to make multiple images. Does anyone out there now how to do this? Thank, JackM

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Peter Aitken
May 15, 2004
"Jack" wrote in message
I attempted to do the equivalent of multiple exposures of a waterfall by taking ten separate images and layering in PhotoShop 7 and giving each
image
10% opacity. It turns out that each layer down becomes less visible, to
the
point where the bottom 5 or 6 were not visible at all. By lots of trial
and
error, I was able to "balance" the image by increasing the % opacity of
the
lower layers. There must be a better way to do this, or a formula for calculating the % opacity required to make multiple images. Does anyone
out
there now how to do this? Thank, JackM

For each layer (except the top one of course) the overall opacity on top of it is the sum of the individual opacities of all layers above it. So, there’s no getting around the fact that each lower layer will have more opacity on top of it than the higher layers. If you want each of the 10 images to show equally I do not see how you would do it with layers. I wonder if you could use Calculations to get the effect you want?


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