Problem with layer masks ... help
Ok. I have my original image. I've added a layer to make it black and white. Then added a layer mask to that because I want to make a section of it color. I'm using the brush tool to do so but having no luck. Yes I am on the correct layer and correct mask. I've done this several times before, but for some reason, today its not working. help
Good day!
Could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels visible?
What are Foreground- and Background Color?
What are the Tool’s Blend Mode, Opacity and Flow?
Is a Selection active?
Regards,
Pfaffenbichler
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var ref529 = new ActionReference();
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Problem with Refine Mask (Edge) Tool (+Refine Radius Brush)
Hey all,
I'm a teacher at Vancouver Film School in Canada.
Having some major problems with the Refine Mask tool in Photoshop CS5 (+5.1)
Especially when using the Decontaminate colours check box.
it eliminates smart objects
it leaves artifacting (especially in areas where I use the Refine Radius tool.) see posted image
these are consistent problems.When I uncheck decontaminate colours, the artifacting doesn't happen and smart objects stay in tact.
Is anyone else having problems with this?
Also having this problem
sometimes the radius will only increase INSIDE the selection and not in the center like it should. This is the most frustrating because it's not consistent but happened on 4 systems yesterday while teaching a class.Hi Notsosimpleton,
You most likely already know this stuff.
I have been experimenting with two images with Photoshop. I agree that masking is a non destructive method of editing your image, but when you choose to use the decontaminate color option the refine edge feature automatically changes from new mask to new layer with mask indicating that the decontamination is destructive.
Smart objects by there nature prevent pixel level modification. From my (general) understanding of the decontaminate color feature, Photoshop is attempting to replace edges which contain colors from the non selected area with colors from the selected area, in turn your smart object needs to be rasterized to allow this process to take place. This then creates artificating because Photoshop is painting on to edges with color, leaving undesired rubbish around your selection. The majority of this is hidden by the mask.
Changing your selection method or using clone stamp with the blend mode set to color and replace edges using selections from inside the selection area. Affectively doing what Photoshop would do, but manually.
I am not sure this really helps?, but I always try using other masking methods to achieve the result i.e. channels, paths. I would be happy to experiment and share the results. -
Photoshop CS3 crashing when working on image with layer mask
I've never had problems with Photoshop CS3 (or any other version) until now.
Here's the problem:
I created an image that has a layer mask applied to it. The image is saved in one layer (named Layer One) but not flattened in order to retain a transparent background. So far so good.
But when I try to exapnd the canvas or make other changes to the image, it crashes. Repeatedly.
Do I have to apply the mask (and thus give up the transparency) to prevent crashes?
I did find a workaround. Applied the mask, made a cast drop shadow (which is what I was after all along), then copy-and-pasted the drop shadow into the original layer-masked image with transparent background.
But is this the only way? Am I experiencing a bug or is something else wrong?
Thanks!You create a new user account
and it will show you where the corruption is. in the old user account or in the system or application.
It a method of troubleshooting. -
Photoshop TIFFs with layer masks do not display correctly
I am sure other people must have this problem, but I cannot find any related posts so here goes:
I open an image using the "open in external editor" command (typically a RAW file converted to a TIFF), edit in Photoshop and save the file (as a TIFF, I do not use PSD format)
If the PS edit contains any layer masks or alpha channels (masks in the channel pallet) it does not display correctly when it reappears in Aperture. Only the top most mask will display, assuming I have multiple layer masks in the PS edit.
Not only will the TIFF only appear as the mask in Aperture, but Aperture will print or email the mask, not the PS edited file as it should appear.
It seems that Aperture only recognizes the layer mask (or alpha channel mask) as the image, and all the other layers etc are disregarded.
Is this a confirmed bug, or is there some setting I have not correctly configured or some other issue?
I love Aperture, but this problem is nearly a deal-breaker for my workflow, and would be for any serious photoshop user, I would imagine!
I cannot believe this is still a problem in version 1.5, which is the version I am using (thus my system is 10.4.8)David,
I assume you mean in the edited PS TIFF file:
In different cases I have either:
A. A TIFF file with layer a layer mask
B. A TIFF file with multiple layer masks
C. A TIFF file with an alpha channel mask
D. A TIFF file with multiple alpha channel masks
E. A TIFF file with any combination of the above
the outcome is the same, they all do not display correctly in Aperture. It does not seem to matter if the file was opened in PS from Aperture via the open with external editor command or if it was worked on outside Aperture entirely then imported. I do have maximize compatibility in PS checked (though I understand this is only for PSD files, though perhaps I am wrong here)
any thoughts? -
Ok, I created a website and use ImageReady to export it to
Dreamweaver. I then converted the tables to layers and set up the
site....
http://onelongday.com
Unfortunately I forgot to set up a parent layer, to place all
the other content within, so I could align the site to center. Now
the site looks fine when viewed at 1280 x 1024 but if viewed at
1024 x 768 it is offset to the right.
I tried to create a new parent layer...aligned auto center
and then tried to select all layers, cut and paste them into the
new parent layer...but dreamweaver would not allow it.
I then tried to go into the code and write in a parent layer
around the content....still nothing.
Any ideas how to do this quickly and easily???If you are going to use layers, you need to know these things
http://www.great-web-sights.com/g_layerlaws.asp
The text overflow is one of the worst of the problems.
For any help with your current page, you'd need to post a
link to the page
so we can see its layout problems and look at its code.
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> Hey Bregent,
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need to know is how
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Hello all!! I would like to go ahead and thank you for any support and help you may be able to offer....
I am having troubles understanding proper layer mask techniques.....
What I am trying to accompolish is turning
into this
I want to know how to make the floral brush take on the whites of the background images and then how to get the background image take on the white background with floral design overlayed into background iamge.....
I cant seem to figure it out, been 3 hours or so now THANKS FOR ANY HELP!!!!!!!!!!!Draw the floral elment on a new empty layer. Then do one of the two possible things:
- paint the flower on a new empty layer
- use Ctrl+click on the layer thumbnail to load your flower as a selection
- select the photo layer (if it is still labeled Background, double click to turn it into a floating layer)
- use the layer mask symbol in the layers palette to apply your active selection as a new layer mask (the little dashed circle)
- repeat the above steps with a white solid, but invert the selection before converting it to a mask
- cleanup and refine the mask by painting directly on the mask and using all the otehr tools
or you could
- paint the flower on a new empty layer
- move it above the layer you want to mask
- hold down Alt while hovering over the little separator between layers to use the layer as a group mask for the photo
- duplicate and invert the flower
- connect it to a white solid in the same manenr as described above
Mylenium -
Hi all and thank you for your help.
I need some help with an image as per example below. If you can tell me what it is called, I can start searching for tutorials on how to do it.
I want the top part of the "B" to be in front of the "G" and the side of the "B" below the "G", as is. I tried to do it with a layer mask and brush away the blue part above the "G" but it doesn't look good and it is clear that I have done something to the image.
I will appreciate it if someone can tell me what the technique is called and I will search for the tutorials.
Regards, DeonLinked Letters [Logo or Monogram ] Tutorial how I create these linked letters
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Here is what i tried so far, i backed up from itunes to computer, then backup to icloud, then I did from my phone, i turned the contact switch on also, and the swtich on to back up to icloud. When I go to icloud.com. it's not there. If anyone can help me with this issue I would appreciate it. because i have a lot of contacts, and I need to save them in a way, I won't ever lose them.You would need to backup into icloud again also if you have enough room to backup. If not purchase more icloud backup or backup to itunes. Sync your contacts back to your email where they will always be.
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