"kctan" wrote in
news:dmubov$ni5$:
Clipping Mask adjusts the layer or the group just below
it. From your
example, there are 3 more layers in between and it will
affects only
the first layer below it. To affect the layers that are
not in
sequence, you got to rearrange all those layers into a
group and add a
clipping mask AL just on top of it. If the layers could
not be
rearranged due to change of visual, you got no choice but
add on
individual layer with the same AL by duplication.
kctan,
Thanks very much for the follow-up –
that’s just about what I figured… too bad.
A last glimmer of hope though – you say:
"Clipping Mask adjusts the layer or the group just below it."
Are you implying that it IS possible to link an AL to a group?
(i.e. somehow Alt-click between an AL and group below)
or do you simply mean that positioning the AL
above a group in a hierarchy will affect
the entire group, just as it would a non-grouped
set of layers?
Thanks,
-pc
"posterchild" wrote in message
edjh wrote:
posterchild wrote:
I’m trying to make a Clipping Mask to limit the effect
of an
adjustment layer to an entire GROUP of layers (i.e.,
not just a
single layer). Is it possible, or is there some trick
to do the
equivalent? I can’t find a thing on the web.
Thanks in advance.
-pc
PS I’m running CS2 of a PC.
Put the layers in a set and make the mask on the set.
That’s one
way.
Wait, I was thinking of something else, Put the layers
including the
AL in a set and set the Blending Mode of the set to
Normal instead
of Pass Through, which is the default.
Doesn’t really do anything re: my question. Setting the
group to
Normal just makes it opaque to all layers beneath. I need
an AL to
affect two or more layers but not those beneath them. Any
ideas?
Like so:
Group 1
——————–
Adj.Layer
|
|
V
layer 3 affected
layer 2 affected
——————–
layer 1 unaffected
background unaffected