Digital BW, The Print

Mark,
I'm not too good on tricky masks! How do you create a gradient mask?

Julian (turned on the pc this morning and all these great ps tips came in!)
----- Original Message -----
From: "marktuckerdotcom" <mark@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 2:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] OT-Diffusion Techniques


> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Michael Kravit"
> > Here is what I have been doing, however, there must be a
> better way....
>
>
> You can also do diffusion, similar to using that black panty hose
> stretched over embroidery frame technique, by:
>
> Take you main image.
> Duplicate the layer.
> Set the duplicated layer to DARKEN.
> Do GaussianBlur on the duplicated layer.
> Adjust opacity, view at 100% mag., and watch the blacks in the
> image begin to "glow". Opacity will probably be set to very slight.
>
> Or, to get that Softar look, when the diffusion is on the camera,
> do the same thing as above, but set the new layer to LIGHTEN,
> and then the highlights will glow.
>
>
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