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Why has this technique stopped working for me???? I found instructions for something similar to what I wanted to do and changed a couple things. It worked the first few times. Now, not at all and I know it is something really, really simple that I am forgetting.
I have a simple b/w illus with type (created in Illus, opened and saved as psd) that I want to combine with a texture I created in ps using stipple brush. Think rubber stamp effect.
This is what I’ve been doing (using CS2):
Layer 1 on top is artwork cut & pasted from psd file, keeping transp background. Layer 0 on bottom is texture pattern.
1. Layer 1: change blending mode to Color
2. Duplicate Layer 0
3. On this dupe layer, hit Command+Option+ ~ (tilde) to activate lumosity
4. Discard dupe layer (selection is still active)
5. Layer 1: click on Add Layer Mask icon
6. By hiding Layer 0, I can see my nicely masked artwork BUT I can’t do anything with it.
If I copy Layer 1 (with its mask) and paste into a new doc, I just get the orig solid b/w art. If I flatten the layers, the background becomes white and when I paste the artwork into a new document, the background is not transparent.
What did I do correctly the first few times that I’m not doing now???
I have a simple b/w illus with type (created in Illus, opened and saved as psd) that I want to combine with a texture I created in ps using stipple brush. Think rubber stamp effect.
This is what I’ve been doing (using CS2):
Layer 1 on top is artwork cut & pasted from psd file, keeping transp background. Layer 0 on bottom is texture pattern.
1. Layer 1: change blending mode to Color
2. Duplicate Layer 0
3. On this dupe layer, hit Command+Option+ ~ (tilde) to activate lumosity
4. Discard dupe layer (selection is still active)
5. Layer 1: click on Add Layer Mask icon
6. By hiding Layer 0, I can see my nicely masked artwork BUT I can’t do anything with it.
If I copy Layer 1 (with its mask) and paste into a new doc, I just get the orig solid b/w art. If I flatten the layers, the background becomes white and when I paste the artwork into a new document, the background is not transparent.
What did I do correctly the first few times that I’m not doing now???
MacBook Pro 16” Mockups 🔥
– in 4 materials (clay versions included)
– 12 scenes
– 48 MacBook Pro 16″ mockups
– 6000 x 4500 px
