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Here’s one I have yet to figure out.
I first make a copy of the picture’s hair just above the base layer, and then add another clear layer above that. Let’s say I’m working just 3 layers(Base layer, hair only layer, & clear layer). I’m working on fine hair at the edges and want to smudge fine hair on to that clear top layer from the copied hair only layer just below it. Of course I check "Use All Layers" to create the effect, but it picks up all layers and makes a mess. So I turn off the base layer, but now I have to work against a very light (checkered) background, which makes very fine hair hard, or even impossible, to see.
I can not figure out a way to get something dark in the background that "Use All Layers" will not pick up in that top layer fine hair smudge. And brushing the hair in doesn’t look as good. I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve even tried using the "mask" colorant (by masking), and that doesn’t work. Also, the default base background colors do not include anything dark.
This method is a great way of "finishing" hair, because by then dropping back to the middle copied layer, and turning "Use All Layers’ off, one can "pull" color into the base of the fine hair on the top layer and make it look very real.
I’m just sure there has to be some trick on how to do this.
TIA… Bob (Lecanto, Fla)
I first make a copy of the picture’s hair just above the base layer, and then add another clear layer above that. Let’s say I’m working just 3 layers(Base layer, hair only layer, & clear layer). I’m working on fine hair at the edges and want to smudge fine hair on to that clear top layer from the copied hair only layer just below it. Of course I check "Use All Layers" to create the effect, but it picks up all layers and makes a mess. So I turn off the base layer, but now I have to work against a very light (checkered) background, which makes very fine hair hard, or even impossible, to see.
I can not figure out a way to get something dark in the background that "Use All Layers" will not pick up in that top layer fine hair smudge. And brushing the hair in doesn’t look as good. I’ve tried everything I can think of. I’ve even tried using the "mask" colorant (by masking), and that doesn’t work. Also, the default base background colors do not include anything dark.
This method is a great way of "finishing" hair, because by then dropping back to the middle copied layer, and turning "Use All Layers’ off, one can "pull" color into the base of the fine hair on the top layer and make it look very real.
I’m just sure there has to be some trick on how to do this.
TIA… Bob (Lecanto, Fla)
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