tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55892249698893833.post7192903140142985867..comments2023-10-29T09:23:47.667-07:00Comments on White knuckles: CLOUDED MINDKnuckleheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04733105237141682139noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55892249698893833.post-79102137877319381612007-09-01T00:56:00.000-07:002007-09-01T00:56:00.000-07:00FM,It`s definitely not easy, or I should say it ta...FM,<BR/>It`s definitely not easy, or I should say it takes a long time.<BR/>You always have to step back & take a good look at all the layers you`re working with. <BR/>I might have 7/8 layers I `m working with. If I`m not carefull , I could perform an action that is not visible, only to find out later that I erased something that is possibly not recoverable.<BR/>Let`s say I have the fish on one layer, a few layers of the glass, a few layers of clouds & three or four layers of different parts of some of all of those. All layers are stacked one over the other & although you can see them all in a layer palette, only one is active. You cannot see each individual layer on the main canvas, only the active one. You can activate any layer you want & you can reduce the opacity of one to see the layer below.<BR/>When erasing the cloud layer which is on top of the fish glass, I can reduce the opacity of the eraser tool to erase only a percentage of it, & not all of it completely.<BR/>Where the clouds are behind the upper part of the glass I erase maybe only 15% of the clouds, making sure I create a background layer of blue the same tone as the sky in the cloud layer so I don`t see a checkered pattern when erasing.<BR/>Is that complicated. It sure as hell is to me.<BR/>That`s why I create problems & try & solve them.<BR/>It`s basically a mental exercise that also improves my tool using skills.<BR/> PS, is quite the program. I have many images I created. I leave them all over the place, & when I happen on to one, I always try & improve it. I`ll post one tomorrow that involves more than one glass overlapping each other & throwing shadows against a background. The shadow of one is cast through the glass of the other. The fact that I have to create shadows through transparent items ups the degree of difficulty by a few factors. <BR/>I think I have a problem in the image that I`ve been trying to solve. You`ll see what I mean tomorrow.<BR/>Thanks for the implied interest.Knuckleheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733105237141682139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55892249698893833.post-24576855694963471712007-09-01T00:33:00.000-07:002007-09-01T00:33:00.000-07:00Morning Head.You really did a great job of having ...Morning Head.<BR/><BR/>You really did a great job of having the clouds and fish come through the glass. I'm still trying to figure out how you did that.Family Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17101125448247590979noreply@blogger.com