Dissolve Problem

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Michael_Pickett
Jan 26, 2004
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I am using Photoshop 6.0.1 and I have a problem with a layer effect. I have two layers the top of which uses the dissolve effect. When I try to combine the layers into one layer, I loose the effect. CAn anyone help?

Mike
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Ol__Whozit
Jan 26, 2004
Create a new layer above the two.
Make sure the layers you want to combine are the ONLY layers "open" (with the eye symbol) Ctrl+Alt+Shift+’E’will then put a merged image of all active layers in the new layer.

And Learn to spell "Lose", not "Loose". You Loose something when you set it free. You LOSE something when you no longer have it, but want to.
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JasonSmith
Jan 26, 2004
Make sure you are viewing at 100% or more, anything less is a misleading preview.
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Mick_Murphy
Jan 26, 2004
Ol’ Whozit

I didn’t think loose was a verb. I thought you had to loosen something, at least where I come from. Perhaps it’s different in your part of the world.
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ben_rr
Jan 27, 2004
You Loose something when you set it free. You LOSE something when you
no longer have it, but want to.<<

just a second. I know I can lose something. Like my money in the casino. Damn right I want it back! =)

But how can I "loose" something? Say I have a horse tied to a tree. If I want to set it free, I "loose" it?

Back to the dictionary for me!
SG
shecky_greene
Jan 27, 2004
If I want to set it free, I "loose" it?

As an adjective, loose is the opposite of "tight": "The loose rope allowed the horse to escape."

As a verb, loose (and loosen) mean "untie": "Loose the the rope and the horse will be set free."
"If I loosen the rope it will be looser." (Yes, Looser is a word.)

"The archers loosed their arrows toward their enemy."

The verb Lose is about the lack of possesion. "If I lose my horse I will be at a loss." (And have to walk back to the ranch.)

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Ol__Whozit
Jan 28, 2004
A hundred bonus points, Shecky!

Don’t feel bad Mick. Your part of the world might not have had as good an educational system. Not your fault…
JS
John_Slate
Jan 28, 2004
Well they had a gud edumacashun sistum but they loost it.

PS- What happens if the bottom layer has another blending mode?
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Mick_Murphy
Jan 28, 2004
Loosed their arrows
Loose your horse

Sounds a touch archaic to me. Perhaps it’s an indicator of how ol’ you really are Ol’ Whozit. Now let’s loose up some RAM and get outa here.
SG
shecky_greene
Jan 28, 2004
Sounds a touch archaic to me.

And correct. The English language is archaic – envolving over centuries.
MM
Mick_Murphy
Jan 28, 2004
Envolving: eh? (modern slang for surprised excalamation). Never heard the word envolve either. I must be totally igorant.
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dave_milbut
Jan 28, 2004
agnorant. 🙂
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Mick_Murphy
Jan 28, 2004
Wrong accent Dave. See the memory thread has regenuverated itself again.
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shecky_greene
Jan 28, 2004
If we spent all the time required mentioning – and discoursing on – keystroke errors on this and other forums; it’d be a full-time job. 🙂
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Mick_Murphy
Jan 28, 2004
Merely a bit of light relief Shecky as I struggle to find words to describe the extremely ancient as part of my struggle to survive.
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shecky_greene
Jan 28, 2004
Merely a bit of light relief Shecky…

I know. Hence the included smiling emoticon in previous post.

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