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I am attempting to follow a "Finishing Touches" tutorial by Dave Cross (from Layers Magazine, Jan/Feb 2007, pgs. 34-38) and seem to be missing a step (or more?) to achieve the desired result. Basically it is a variation on a two-photo effect, where the smaller "focal" image has a stroke applied and then the "sprayed strokes filter" applied to that. I cannot get the filter to have ANY effect on the stroke!
Here is the variation, according to the tutorial:
VARIATION 2: Here I made a selection based on the smaller photo by Command-clicking (PC: Ctrl-clicking) on its thumbnail in the Layers palette, then added a layer on which I created a stroke (using Edit>Stroke). Then, I applied the Sprayed Strokes filter (Filter>Brush Strokes>Sprayed Strokes) to the stroke layer.
Now, I can get the sprayed strokes filter to apply to the entire image...not the desire result. OR, I click on the filter, but nothing appears in the filter preview window and nothing happens to the stroke when I apply it.
Apparently, there are a couple of "clicks" that I am missing, but I can't figure out what they are for the life of me!
I am using PS CS4 v 11.0.2 on a Wn XP sp3 OS.
Thanks for any help!

miss_marple...THANKS! Adding the white fill to the layer worked. I still can't seem to get the brush stroke to extend beyond the outside edge of the stroke (which his example shows) but I'm hoping that I can achieve that with a bit more experimentation.
Noel, I had thought about the deselection idea and had tried any number of combinations of what was selected and what wasn't. That's how I came up with the multiple issues from the OP. But thanks for thinking of that. I know that many times those "little steps" get overlooked when documenting the exact process because they are either intuitive, repetitive, or simply missed in the bigger picture!
I can always count on the posters here to help me find a solution!
Thanks!!!
Susan

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