How do I create transparent layers?

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Dubh Ghall
Jul 9, 2007
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I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.

Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you.



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Jul 10, 2007
Dubh Ghall found these unused words:

I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.
Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you.

Clear from each layer that which you don’t want, then set the layer’s transparency in the slider.
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Infinitech
Jul 10, 2007
Dubh Ghall wrote:
I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.
Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you.

I found that just for the beauty of the photo
(even if you don’t stunt rollerblading)
http://www.flickr.mud.yahoo.com/photos/tim_parker/379966169/ in/pool-chronophotography/ maybe some further infos here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055049883 good luck grand pa!
(hope that some day somebody will give me a present like that!!! ) the darkroom gives you the best beginning to achieve photoshop techniques you’ll see that you’ll crush all these little jerks (devil’s sneer)


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Fat Sam
Jul 10, 2007
Dubh Ghall wrote:
I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.
Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you.

If you want to make transparent layers, there’s two ways. First, it’s best to remember that all new layers appear transparent by default. They’re empty until you put something in them.

So either click on your Layers menu, select "New" then select "Layer". Or.
Go to your layers pallette, and at the bottom, you’ll find the "New Layer" button icon. It looks like a stack of pages with the corner of the top one curled over, and it should be next to an icon of a dustbin. Click on this and a new layer will appear.

Once you have your layer, paste in the image you captured from your DVD, and then drag the opacity slider to the left until you get a balance you’re happy with.


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Dubh Ghall
Jul 10, 2007
Dubh Ghall wrote:
I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to

To Sir F. A. Rien, Infinitech, and Fat Sam.

Thank you Gentlemen, you have been most helpful.

It is amazing what you can find, when someone points you in the right direction.

Again, Thank You.



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Jul 10, 2007
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Dubh Ghall found these unused words:

I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.
Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?
Drag each frame on to your background pic… each one will automatically be on a new separate layer.
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Tacit
Jul 10, 2007
In article <h4Kki.13192$>,
"Fat Sam" wrote:

If you want to make transparent layers, there’s two ways. First, it’s best to remember that all new layers appear transparent by default. They’re empty until you put something in them.

It is not necessary to make a new layer and then use Copy/Paste. In fact, this method of doing things should be avoided, because the Copy buffer requires a lot of memory.

It is never necessary to use copy/paste to get things from one Photoshop file to another. Instead, simply use the Move tool to drag things from one window to another; it’s that easy.

Adjusting the Transparency slider will make the layer see-through, but it will not give the effect you’d get from combining photos in the darkroom. To get closer to a darkroom effect, the easiest way is to change the layer’s mode to Color Dodge, Color Burn, Screen, or Multiply, depending on the effect you’re looking for.


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Fat Sam
Jul 10, 2007
tacit wrote:
In article <h4Kki.13192$>,
"Fat Sam" wrote:

If you want to make transparent layers, there’s two ways. First, it’s best to remember that all new layers appear transparent by default. They’re empty until you put something in them.

It is not necessary to make a new layer and then use Copy/Paste.

Agreed, but in this instance, the OP specifically asked how to create a transparrent layer, and that was the easiest way to illustrate that layers are transparrent and empty by default, before data is put into them.
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SpaceGirl
Jul 11, 2007
Dubh Ghall wrote:
I am new (as in, "The grand kids bought me CS2, last week") to computer graphics, having always done my editing in the dark room, and since I got a digital camera, with my Photosmart 3210, all in one, or with the camera’s own software.

The picture I am trying to create is a sort of strobe effect.
Imagine the aperture held open, and the only illumination is a strobe light, so that you get a series of images of a moving object, layered, one on top of the other, the first frame being only the background, but because of the limited duration, and illumination, of each flash, the b/gnd is still visible through each individual image, only becoming denser where images overlap.

I am now trying to emulate that effect, in photoshop, from a series of movie frames, stripped from a DVD movie camera. I have got the frames scanned into the computer. I have cleaned them up, and I aint got a clue where to go from there.

In the dark room, it is easy, to do, patience, careful timing, mostly, but this is a whole other world, to me.

Can anyone assist?

Thank you.

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