Trouble using mask layer?

I have trouble using the mask layer. It doesn't seem to be blocking out extra grid marks. I am doing something wrong? Thanks
SIDENOTE:
The grid was imported from illustator into flash. It causing flash cs5 to be extremely buggy. The layer I import itself relabel itself, it either "1" or "2" The grid layer when I place it on lock, doesn't lock! The grid will also cut and paste itself onto a new layer, automatically sometimes.

It would easier if you use the brush tool to paint on the layer mask.
Paint with black to reveal the color and white to hide the color of the layer below.
You can use the X key to switch between black and white as the foreground color in the tool box.

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Trouble using mask tool and filter...Could not rasterize because the pixel data for this layer is not directly editable - masking

I've searched for an answer to the problem I'm having on cs4 and can't find it, so here goes:
New to photoshop, I'm trying to fake some depth of field (i.e blur the background) on a wedding photo by using the masking tool to mask out the foreground then, out of mask mode> select>inverse to get the dotted line around the image, then using Filter>gausian blur on the background.
1. The dotted line around the image doest look right
2. I can't use the filter facility (its greyed out) and when I try to use the blur tool from the side menu got the above message.
Any help much appreciated.

Which operating system are you using?
I'm using Mac Lion V 10.7.5, working on a photoshop cs4 trial version (could be the problem?).
I Used the quick mask mode to mask the area.
Here's a screen shot - (I have blacked out some of photo for subjects' privacy):
- mask mode turned off, then Select>Inverse to show unmasked area (note, the dotted line continues round the bottom of the pic which indicates to me I have made a masking mistake, as dotted line to mask out background only should go round the top & sides of the photo and then outline the couple, - right?
Image mode of image: If I understand correctly what this is, the image mode is .jpg
Bit depth of image: Bit depth of image is 8, color mode is RGB.
Hope I've given you the information you required.
Thanks
P

Photoshop Mask Layer, see through multiple layers.

Dear All -
I am a new learner to Photoshop and working on Layers and Layer Mask to obtain see through multiple Layers effect.
Below is the description of my problem that I am looking forward towards resolution in this forum. I will be glad if some expert can guide me on this.
I have three layers of different colors as below.
Layer 1topmost layer) with Red color filled rectangle.
Layer 2(below Layer 1) with Green color filled rectangle.
Layer 3(bottom most layer, below Layer 2) with Blue color filled rectangle.
When I erase something with brush on Layer 1 using masking Layer 1, it hollows the erased part and start showing the Green color of Layer 2 in hollow section of Layer 1.
What I want to achieve is that, when I erase Layer 1 using layer mask, then it should hollow Layer 1 as well as Layer 2 and should show Blue color in the hollow section of Layer 1.
i.e: Hollow section made on Layer 1(using Layer Mask on Layer 1) should also be applied on Layer 2 so that Layer 1 and Layer 2 becomes hollow using eraser and I should see through Layer 1 and Layer 2 and Blue color of Layer 3 should be visible from the hollow section.
Though I can do this by Flattening Layer 1 and Layer 2 together so that it forms one single Image, and then when I hollow this Flattened image using Layer Mask, then it will show me Blue color. But I do not want to do this, as I would lose the flexibility to unhollow/recover the hollow region on both Layer 1 and Layer 2 independently in the future.
Thank You,
Saurabh Khanna.

Here's a sample of copying the layer mask onto layer 2 using a hard cutout.
Here's the same thing using a soft feather cutout.

How to use a clipping mask layer to a multiple base layers?

Is it possible to use one layer as a clipping mask to a 5 different bottom layers.
What I'm trying to do is apply an adjustment layer to certain layers only. Is that possible?
-Zeropan

Zpan wrote:
Is it possible to use one layer as a clipping mask to a 5 different bottom layers.
not that I would know, but what you can do instead is group those 5 layers (CTRL+G), add the adjustment layer as the topmost layer in the group and set the group's blending mode to "normal". The adustment layer is then only applied to the layers within the same group.

Is it possible to use a masked layer to mask another layer?

Hi there,
I'm relatively new to Fireworks after coming from an Illustrator background
I've just started playing with the masking features of Fireworks and wanted to know if it was possible to use a layer that already has a mask applied as a further mask on another layer.
Basically, I have a rounded rectangle that I am using as a canvas to hold a series of vector circles. Circles that fall outside the rectangle are naturally clipped due to the mask.
I then want to use these clipped circles as a mask for a series of photos that also lie within the rounded rectangle.
I suppose I could simply cut up the circles to ensure that they are within the rectangle, but this would not allow me to resize them in future should I want to alter the design.
In Illustrator I could use a clipping mask to achieve the required effect, which would basically clip all the layers beneath, but in Fireworks I'm not sure what to do.
Any ideas or different approaches would be appreciated!
Cheers,
Tim

Between the ability to select thumbnails in the Layers panel, and occasional use of Select > Subselect, you've actually got pretty good options for editing a simple mask. Once you start nesting them, though, you'll probably have to ungroup.
The cool thing is, you've got options for nesting masks and working non-destructively. And grouping and ungrouping isn't a big deal, particularly if you remember the shortcuts for it (Command-G and Shift-Command-G). On the other hand, it might be nicer if Fireworks offered the ability to "unfurl" a group or a mask via an arrow, while still seeing the full effect of the mask.
I just tried out my earlier symbol suggestion and realized that while one can apply a mask to a symbol instance, it may not be possible to apply a symbol instance as a mask, which is a bit surprising. (At least, that option seemed to be greyed-out in CS6.) So my earlier idea may just be purely theoretical.

Use one layer as alpha map (mask) for another - how?

Hi, I do not understand how to do this in Photoshop. In After Effects, which I use a lot, this is easy. For example, I have one layer with transparent, semi transparent an opaque areas. I can then tell AE to use this layer as an alpha channel map for another layer. But how do I do this in Photoshop? I understand how to use a layer mask and draw on the same layer to create treansparent areas. But I want to use a separante layer, or even a separate image.
I use Photoshop CS 5.
Ingvar

Hello!
And by "look up", Chris means in the Adobe Community Help application, or in the online help:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e 41001031ab64-7853a.html
I immediately flagged the answer as correct yesterday, but thanks anyway

Does use of mask layer require re-estab of functions

Am I missing something/doing something wrong, or is this the
way Flash works?
I have 2 buttons in a movieclip which is on the main
timeline. The buttons are on a layer with a mask layer above it. On
the main timeline I define 2 functions
clip_mc.button1_btn.onRelease = function()... and
clip_mc.button2_btn.onRelease = function().... The movie clip has 2
frames. Frame 1 has button2_btn masked out (i.e. not visible).
Frame 2 has BOTH buttons visible.
When I click on button1_btn the function says to gotoAndStop
at frame 2 of the movieclip. Now button 1 .onRelease no longer
works AND button2 .onRelease also does not work. I scratched my
head about this a long time, did a pile of trace statements and
couldn't figure out why. Then I put my 2 buttonN_btn.onRelease
functions inside a function called initButtons(). Now after I
gotoAndStop at frame 2, I call the initButtons() function again and
the buttons work. This makes me wonder if this is really right, or
if I am doing something wrong with the mask layer.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you again for your prompt and helpful reply. Indeed,
when I delete the mask layer, I do NOT need to reinit the button
functions. I understand your solution too. So I guess it's just a
matter of preference, unless you think one would perform the best.
WRT my bumbling around. I VERY much appreciate the
willingness to help and infinite patience of the experts on this
forum, so I try to keep any whining and frustration to a minimum.
However, I am an old mTropolis user, and I miss many aspects of
that product soooo much. Flash seems way more difficult than that.
Though I've been at it for some months now, and have purchased and
read cover to cover both Moock books and try to read all the help
over and over, I'm still having a very hard time adjusting and
thinking in the Flash way, not to mention these little bumps in the
road like this one. Maybe I'm just a slow learner. One of my
biggest lingering issues is how to architect larger projects. I am
trying as much as possible to do things using Classes and good OO
design principles. Do you have any articles or books you would
recommend that might help with that?
Thanks again.

My brush tool erases pixels when used on layer mask

my brush tool erases pixels when used on layer mask instead of blocking out segments

Is the double frame around the Mask in the Layers panel?
Are you painting with black?
Is the Mode set to Normal in the Brush Options bar?
If your answer to these 3 questions is Yes, a logical next step would be to reset your Preferences.
To reset Preferences:
If Photoshop is already open on your screen, close it (Quit). Then hold down Shift+Ctrl+Alt (Win) / Shift+Command+Option (Mac) on your keyboard and start Photoshop.
A dialog box will pop up asking if you want to delete the existing Preferences file (the "Settings"). Click Yes in the dialog box. The existing Preferences file will be scrapped and a new one will be created.

Use mask to show one bullet point at a time

I have content in multiple bullet points of text. The background is a texture. I'd like to use mask to show the text in sync with audio. It works but the text is the color of the mask. I have bullet point itself in a different color. How can I mask the area to show and use its own color?
Or is there a better way to sync multiple bullet points of text without having each bullet points in its own layer and MC?
Thanks,

make sure your font is embedded.

How do I hide the mask layer when exporting as animated GIF ?

Hi,
I have designed the following logo for my football team's website.
It plays fine as a flash file but when I export it as an animated GIF file, it shows the bright pink mask layer. Obviously I don't want it to. Has anybody an idea of how to rectify this problem ?
Thanks,
Phil

Peter,
Success! I finally got my head round it Indeed, I can see now your point about the export method being preferable, it's also much quicker than my old "print PDF" method! Like I say, publishing isn't my area of expertise and I get comfortable and set in my ways with certain ways of doing things, especially with computers!
Bob,
Like I was saying to Peter, that makes sense now. I guess my not appreciating the process of PDF creation and thus my incorrect use of the terminology may have confused the issue. With regards the link you sent me, wow it certainly seems I'm not the only one who gets confused! Fortunately it seems my problem is now solved and I have learned to produce a better product!
Thanks again guys!
....now I wonder how I can make my dissertation interactive....

Using masks in buttons

Just hoping someone can help...
I have a mask layer inside a button which masks part of
larger image. All looks well on the Flash stage, but when I
publish/preview the animation the mask isn't doing its
thing...instead I'm seeing the larger image and the mask shape on
top.....
Am I missing something obvious?

I tried, and it seems to be as you described. In deed Buttons
are special, and somewhat limited kinds of movieclips. This mask
thing seems to be one of the limitations.
One might find an explanation, but the fact remains, so I'd
propose using a movieclip instead of a button, the mask will work,
and you can add your onRelease, onRollOver etc. events just the
same with movieclips, since Flash 6 this is.

Moving mask layer also moves layer underneath

Ref: Lynda course http://www.lynda.com/home/DisplayCourse.aspx?lpk2=55426 Last item in Chapter 2, "Pasting into Layer Mask" demonstrates that after pasting the layer mask (sketch of a tree) onto another layer, you can then move it into place with the "move" tool. While following along, when I tried to move it, it also cut out and moved the layer that I pasted the tree onto. I noticed that the "move" tool has a pair of scissors attached to it that I can't get rid of. I figure that's the culprit. What am I **** wrong? I have the mask layer selected in the layers panel and doing everything as in the tutorial. I repeated the tutorial 3 times with the same result.
I have CS4 Windows.
The files "drawing" and "sketch" are the lesson images. The objective is to make a layer mask out of the tree sketch and to place it onto the "paper" layer and then moving it into place as if the hand is doing the sketching. "layer cut out.PSD" is my result. You can see part of the drawing pad is cut out

I got it! (I think) I did not have to deselect anything. I can move it as long as I click on the unselected part of the layer mask AND the chain unlinked. The tutorial did it with chain linked and moving from within the selected area of the mask (tree). Maybe her workspace was set up differently but I set mine up according to her directions as well. Lynda.com will have to explain that one, but I'm happy as long as I was able to do it. By the way, those tutorials on Lynda are great for the most part and definitely worth the money. I just wish I had more time to sit through them all.
I know you guys are way beyond this petty stuff, but if I get stuck here I'm in trouble. Thanks.

Problem when pre-composing masked layer

Ok, i am having a problem when masking a Twixtored layer.
this is what happens:
i have the original footage in a comp, i used twixtor to slow it down to 3% speed
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I Then pre composed that slowed down layer into a comp of it's own and masked around that parts i wanted and named this comp "masked comp 1"
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i then precomposed the masked layer into another comp called "sky replacement" and this is when i hit the problem, it dosn't show up, it just gives me a black screen.
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I tried rendering out "Masked comp 1" and "sky replacement" and with both it just renders a black screen, but if i render the Twixtored comp that renders fine. So i think it has somthing to do with the mask but i can't figure it out.
Please help.

The black screen notwithstanding, I see two VERY big problems in the workflow as described... or at least as how I understand your workflow.
You used Twixtor to slow down video to 3% of its normal speed: that represents tons and tons of speed redeuction, and you're lucky that Twixtor was able to give you a useful image AT ALL. Then you precomped it, too boot.
Then you hoped against all hope that you could effectively mask the precomp... which was presumably at the target frame rate.
Give yourself a fighting chance to come up with something: once you use Twxtor, prerender it. And I have to tell you: if you are actually using Twixtor to slow down footage to 3% of normal speed, it probably won't look good. Twixtor is great for minor speed variations, but for 3% of normal? It can't work miracles......

Object mask/layer mask

hi...
i am new to using masks in motion. when i create a mask for a single object, nothing happens.....only if i apply the mask to the whole layer does it then take effect. is there a piece of information i'm missing about masking individual objects within a layer? thanks for any suggestions.
i mac g5 Mac OS X (10.4.6) motion 1, final cut pro 4.5

how are you creating a mask?
With the object selected, are you drawing a mask with the masking tools (not the Shape tools) in the toolbar, or are you using the Add Image Mask, which requires another object to be plugged into it before you'll see anything happen?
FYI,
Motion's User Manual has quite a lot of information on masking.
Pg 851 on deals with Masking tools and how to use them
Pg 865 on deals with Image Masks and how to use them

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