On 5/26/2016 11:27 AM, DZDub wrote:
On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 8:28 AM, DZDub <jdubikins@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Commenting on my own previous comments. Moose wrote this:
4. Edit=>Auto Blend Layers, with the "Seamless Tones and Colors" box checked.
5. Usually, but not always, IME, that will create a new top layer,
labeled "Merged" If not, CTRL-Shift-Alt-E will do it.
This never happens for me automatically, but the CTRL-Shift-Alt-E works
like a charm. I think I'll have other uses for that as well.
I use it all the time. It's four keys at once, but I have muscle memory that does it instantly, without thinking about
it. :-)
As I often have various layers with masks,a quick merged layer allows me to do a direct comparison of where I've got to
with where I started. Make a merged layer and slide the mouse pointer down the layers below, to turn them off - you
don't need to click them individually. I have been known to get off course. ;-)
Also v. useful when I've done local diddling, then want to apply something
overall.
Shrewd.
Thanks. I've always had something in my brain that sees connections and can often find a not in the manual or tutorial,
out of the boxish solution to problems. I take no ego credit; it just came with the package.
Years ago, I saw some huge collages by an amazingly talented artist at SFMOMA. I wondered how he could know what to pick
up and where to put it. I think it's something to do with seeing a multiplicity of interconnection between apparently
disparate things. It seems part of my brain works in a similar, likely not as talented, way.
I have an series I want to try this on. I ended up getting rid
of a ghost artifact with content aware fill:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20162
I think that version was pretty ugly. This is how the image now looks:
http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=20164
So it's a prosaic little flower pic, but I had composed the shot with the
lower right frond as an essential part. Therefore, I'm quite happy to have
a way of getting that detail to work! Thanks Moose.
It IS nicer! Thanks, you made me happy, too.
Grateful Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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