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First my system: I am running Photoshop CS2 9.0.2 (the latest updates) on a Windows 2000 SP4 system with all security updates applied.
I am trying to touch up a dark image. As is my usual practice, I decided to make my changes to a blank, transparent layer; I generated a new layer with Normal blending mode and 100% opacity above the image by clicking the "Create New Layer" button in the Layer Palette and named it FIX.
Since the image is dark, I generated a Levels layer above the transparent layer and moved the gamma slider (the gray middle slider) to the left to lighten the image to facilitate seeing the imperfections. I do not want the finished product to be this light and intend to replace the Levels layer when I finish my touch up.
My layers look like this from top to bottom:
Levels > FIX > Image
I selected the FIX layer in the layers palette. I selected the Clone tool, Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%, Flow: 100%, Aligned, and "Sample All Layers". I sampled a spot by Alt-Clicking on it, then released Alt, moved to the blemish, and began to paint. The result was much, much too light.
Next, I tried turning off "Sample All Layers" in the Clone Tool, clicked on the Image layer in the Layer palette to activate it, Alt-clicked in the Image window with the Clone tool to sample, then clicked on the FIX layer in the Layers Palette to activate it, and painted on the main window with the Clone tool. This method worked; the colors are correct, but it is slow. When I turn off the levels layer, the fixes look good. Turn Levels back on and the fixes look good.
I have the same problem with the Healing Brush. However the Spot Healing Brush works "correctly. I can be on the FIX layer with "Sample All Layers" checked, and the colors are correct.
What is happening here? It is almost as if the Levels adjustment is being applied twice, once through (not on) the transparent portion of the FIX layer and again on the Image layer. If the sample were simply being modified when it was painted on the FIX layer, I would get the same results "Sample All Layers" through the transparent portion of the FIX layer or sampling only the Image layer and painting it on the transparent section of the FIX layer.
I am trying to touch up a dark image. As is my usual practice, I decided to make my changes to a blank, transparent layer; I generated a new layer with Normal blending mode and 100% opacity above the image by clicking the "Create New Layer" button in the Layer Palette and named it FIX.
Since the image is dark, I generated a Levels layer above the transparent layer and moved the gamma slider (the gray middle slider) to the left to lighten the image to facilitate seeing the imperfections. I do not want the finished product to be this light and intend to replace the Levels layer when I finish my touch up.
My layers look like this from top to bottom:
Levels > FIX > Image
I selected the FIX layer in the layers palette. I selected the Clone tool, Mode: Normal, Opacity: 100%, Flow: 100%, Aligned, and "Sample All Layers". I sampled a spot by Alt-Clicking on it, then released Alt, moved to the blemish, and began to paint. The result was much, much too light.
Next, I tried turning off "Sample All Layers" in the Clone Tool, clicked on the Image layer in the Layer palette to activate it, Alt-clicked in the Image window with the Clone tool to sample, then clicked on the FIX layer in the Layers Palette to activate it, and painted on the main window with the Clone tool. This method worked; the colors are correct, but it is slow. When I turn off the levels layer, the fixes look good. Turn Levels back on and the fixes look good.
I have the same problem with the Healing Brush. However the Spot Healing Brush works "correctly. I can be on the FIX layer with "Sample All Layers" checked, and the colors are correct.
What is happening here? It is almost as if the Levels adjustment is being applied twice, once through (not on) the transparent portion of the FIX layer and again on the Image layer. If the sample were simply being modified when it was painted on the FIX layer, I would get the same results "Sample All Layers" through the transparent portion of the FIX layer or sampling only the Image layer and painting it on the transparent section of the FIX layer.
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