"Wesley Norman" wrote:

"Jon Danniken" wrote:

I desire to have a layer effect (outer glow) on a small image (a face) that I have pasted into a

larger

image. The problem is that when I apply the layer effect (outer glow) on the layer with the face, the
glow extends outwards into a certain area in which I do not want it to go.
What I would like to do is to somehow protect a small section of the background, so that the layer

effect

wouldn't hit that particular section. I tried editing in quick mask mode, but I wasn't able to

achieve my

goal.

Jon,Ctrl click on the layer with the face on it to select it. Then go to Select>Modify>Expand and type in the number of pixels you want to expand the selection by. Then do the outer glow. This will constrain the spread of the outer glow to within that expanded selection. Or if you need to make the selection around the head follow a different path, just use the lasso tool and draw the selection, then do the outer glow.

Thanks, Wesley. I tried doing the second method you describe here (it's exactly what I'm trying to do),
but no matter what I do the layer effect isn't paying any attention to any attempt at constraining it.
Here is a screenshot of what is happening:
http://kalyke.affordablehost.com/~jonnycat/MaskExample01.jpg

That is a face layer on a gray background layer; I selected a rectangle, set quick mask mode, then applied
the layer effect, but it still bleeds into the masked area (above and below the face). Making a freehand
selection yields the same results.

I must be missing something really obvious here (like my brain).

Jon

Colin G Edwards

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