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Posted on 27/11/09 00:18:06 AM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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quick mask
I am working in chapter one and learning how quick masks work and for some reason the fellow on page 8 I do all the masking and make the copy but the copy is semi transparent I know I am missing something any input will help Thanks |
Posted on 27/11/09 03:34:15 AM |
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LonnieK
Diorama Dreamer Posts: 238 Reply  |
Re: quick mask
When you paint the quick mask, make sure you paint with pure black and your brush is set to 100% opacity and flow, else your result may end up semi-transparent as you describe. _________________ Lonnie |
Posted on 27/11/09 07:05:10 AM |
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wayne morton
Master Blender Posts: 97 Reply  |
Re: quick mask
I would also check that the spacing is at zero and shape dynamics is turned off in the brush engine. Been caught out by that one many times. _________________ Justice for the '96 YNWA |
Posted on 27/11/09 09:06:58 AM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
Where is the spcing adjustment I am looking in the brush pallet and according help in cs3 the spacing should be in that pallet but I don't see it where help says it should be. Thanks bunches Cathie PS I have checked and am using solid black 100% opacity and flow and 100% hardness on the brush |
Posted on 28/11/09 07:54:02 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply  |
Re: quick mask
Cathie I hope the screen grab helps. Nick  |
Posted on 28/11/09 1:15:20 PM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
I did find the spacing and moved it to1%, hardness set 100%, flow 100% color pure black but the mask remains semi transparent. quick mask set to mask selected area I just don't know what I am doing wrong. I did find that if I revert the quick mask back to masked area the mask then is not semi transparent Thanks for the screen shot and the help |
Posted on 28/11/09 2:31:04 PM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
was working on the bee even though I only get a semi transparent mask when working in selected area mask and I did as Steve said in the book and quick selected the interior of the bee after I had hand drawn the mask around the bee the area selected by quick select (majic wand) was solid but the hand drawn area was semi transparent  |
Posted on 28/11/09 4:53:50 PM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: quick mask
Check the following The brush mode is set to normal and the airbrush is disabled. The opacity of the brush and flow of the airbrush should be set to 100%. You are painting using pure black / white. Hit D on the keyboard to reset the defaults and toggle between black and white by pressing X. If you click on the QM icon just below the foreground and background colours, you can set the percentage opacity and colour of the mask. An opacity of less than 100% will not affect the transparency of the final result, it merely allows you to see what you're doing. However, painting with a shade of grey will. Your screengrab looks like all is ok, but it's very difficult to see detail clearly. Nick |
Posted on 29/11/09 10:39:14 AM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
Thanks Nick for all your help
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Posted on 29/11/09 10:39:15 AM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
Thanks Nick for all your help
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Posted on 29/11/09 10:41:49 AM |
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Nick Curtain
Model Master Posts: 1768 Reply |
Re: quick mask
Did you resolve the issue Cathie? |
Posted on 29/11/09 12:18:13 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: quick mask
If not Cathie(?), additional suggestion. To check your current brush is set correctly, paint with it on a blank white background layer. The result should be 100% black stroke for the legs. In your brush window it does not look like it is, but that might just be the resolution with the capture here. Trevor |
Posted on 30/11/09 12:06:41 PM |
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cathiecarnahan@gmail.com
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Re: quick mask
I know this is going to sound nuts but I think that something wacky was going on in the pressure point on my tablet pen. I started thinking that perhaps I needed to push harder on my pen so I tried that it did not change anything at that moment however determined to move forward in the book even if I could not at the moment find an answer to this issue I kept going. At any rate to make a long story short it simply with no change to settings stopped doing the semi transparent masking. If I had not worked with computers most of my life I would still be scratching my head however I have learned long ago tha these little "logical" boxes and appendages often do quite unlogical things. Thanks to everyone for you help it was driving me nuts and I learned quite abit looking at all the reasons this could have been happening. Cathie |
Posted on 30/11/09 3:38:26 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply |
Re: quick mask
Cathie, Its not nuts. Been there, done that. I was thinking something about your tablet, but would have taken us a long time to focus on that I think. How are you getting through the book now? I find good experience to learn with others. Like, many, we pick-and-dip. Keep in touch, Steve is a great guy and you can have HTCPS friends here. Great to see contributions to the forum. We are all levels and, more important, have a bit of fun! Trevor |