Thanks. If I live to be 1,000 years old I'll never learn all that's in
PhotoShop.
Chuck Norcutt
Moose wrote:
> On 7/4/2010 5:21 AM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>> Must be a later version since I've never heard of "Blend-If"
>> sliders. But it's about time to move up to version 5 from version
>> 3.
>
> Right click on a layer and select Blending options or simply double
> click where it won't get you into editing the layer name. In the
> Blending options control box, down near the bottom, is a sub box for
> Blend If. You can choose to blend all colors at once or only one.
>
> Below that are sliders to control blending of the layer onto the one
> below based on luminance ranges in each of the two layers. This goes
> back a long ways in PS. I'm sure PS3 has it.
>
>> Bob Whitmire wrote:
>>> Although I've not mastered the technique, I'm now aware of it:
>>> the Blend-If sliders in Photoshop. They permit you to apply
>>> effects to certain tonal ranges, either in the layer you're
>>> working on, or the layer beneath it. A good tool for the
>>> inevitable halos that appear, especially in the upper tonal
>>> ranges.
>>>
>>> --An Aware But Hamfisted Bob
>
> I've known about and used, or tired to use, that tool for quite some
> time (i.e. I can't remember when I started.). Occasionally, it works
> quite well. Other times, it just leads to pixelization just where I
> want the effect to help. So I'm not so sure it's you being hamfisted.
>
>
> I works nicely with this image, set for Blues.
>
> Moose
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