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Posted on 09/12/09 6:52:13 PM |
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Martti
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Art & Design in PS
Hi, Page 51 in the book A & D in PS item 3 and 4. How come an image turns into a selection when it is pasted onto a layer with active quick mask after the mask is turned off? Please explain - do not quite grasp the inner workings of the procedure. Thanks, Martti |
Posted on 10/12/09 08:01:16 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Art & Design in PS
What we're doing here is pasting the highly contrasted graphic into QuickMask. When we do this, the black (they'll appear red) areas will be selected, and the white areas will be unselected on leaving QuickMask. So we're effectively pasting the image as a separate channel, rather than as a proper image. Does this make sense? If you're having trouble getting your head around this approach, you could always try turning the threshold image into a channel instead - Select All, Copy, then make a new Channel and Paste. |