Re: Disappointed

Clause:

I have also found that adding a judicious amount of noise using the noise
filter will sometimes help areas blend and still remain realistic. Just mark
off the area and then play with the noise plug-in filter until you get the
effect you want. As far as masks, that is a deep subject in Photoshop. But,
I have found that once I sort of get the mask I want, I turn it into a
"rubilinth" using the quick mask button at the bottom of the tools
pallette.Then I use the paint and eraser tools to fine tune the mask (using
a small "fuzzy" edged brush). Then, I turn it back into a mask with the
marquee button. If I need to use the mask over and over, I save it using the
save mask command in the select menu at the top of the page. Masks were hard
to get the hang of, but I hope this helps,

Michael Parnell


-----Original Message-----
From: Claus Cyrny <ccyrny(at)stuttgart.netsurf.de>
To: cramer(at)falconweb.com <cramer(at)falconweb.com>
Cc: hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org <hwg-graphics(at)hwg.org>
Date: Monday, January 19, 1998 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: Disappointed


>I have a photorealistic image I have edited in Photoshop 4, but afterwards
I realized that the areas
>I had edited were too smooth (the image is a JPEG). To make this area
>match the rest of the image, I wanted to copy part of the image with
>this square 'JPEG pattern', convert it to a grey scale, and somehow
>apply this as a mask to the smooth areas (I'm hoping this is not too
>complicated!!!). I found that one can do other things with masks that
>are very interesting (i. e. fill text with patterns), but I find it
>somewhat difficult to 'get the knack', so to speak.

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