Photoshop Q: Gradual Effects
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- ornj0
If you are talking about a filter, after you apply it if you go to edit menu there will be an option, to Fade [last filter used].
- sorry, that's not itmonospaced
- That's the same as turning down the opacity on a layer with the effect. No dice.monospaced
- CyBrain0
I put it on Dear Adobe along with this peeve.
When duplicating layers and layer groups, stop appending copy at the end. No one wants to look at logo copy 12.
- deitzign0
Not sure if you figured this out yet but, you can just use quick masking to do what you want. Switch to quick mask mode, select the gradient tool, drag a gradient and then switch out of quick mask mode. The selection you now have will allow you to make a gradated filter. This only works on flattened layers.
- <HAYZ1LLA
- we've been over this...nomonospaced
- jesus. read the frickin thread.bigtrickagain
- HAYZ1LLA0
Is this it?
Flatten Layers
Duplicate Background
Add Mask
Add Gradient to Mask
Hold CMD and Click on Mask Gradient
Flatten
Apply filter to selection like Pixelate > MosaicDoesn't that fade the filter strength?
- ^HAYZ1LLA
- no...that's exactly what we're saying is not itmonospaced
- Besides, Never flatten layers.CyBrain
- inteliboy0
did you guys even read the first page? jesus.
- no. was the true answer there?HAYZ1LLA
- jesus.HAYZ1LLA
- jesus!bigtrickagain
- BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD0
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No sensible way of doing something so basic, yet another shortcoming in photoshop... yet the dev team still insist on spending time on shit like 3D when it can't even do basics.- Your image editing software is better than Photosho...oh wait, you whining prick.monospaced
- After Effects can do this fucking easy you cunt, so whats Photoshops excuse?BIGGESTDOGINTHEWORLD
- Yea you cuntHAYZ1LLA
- How would you do this in After Effects? Because if you have it, just import the PSD and do it there.CyBrain
- lukus_W0
You need to use 'calculations' to do this.
The basic idea is, you have your (1) beginning image, (2) final image and the (3) gradient mask that you'll use for for the fade transition.
You then use 'calculations' dialogue to merge the images (using the gradient mask to control what's being altered). This feature can be used to create new channels - which can then be reinserted as replacement channels.
This allows you to do things like gradually fade into a gaussian blurred version of yr image, giving a faked depth of field. It's really useful.
- If your image is full colour, you need to produce the replacement channel for each colour individually.lukus_W
- (1), (2) and (3) should all be individual layers in the same image.lukus_W
- I'm trying this later...I might need more help with this "calculations" dialogue.monospaced
- Noggin0
Any joy with the above?
- Noggin0
I have no joy and Im not intelligent enough to write the plugin.
- zarkonite0
How about you make 4 layers.
One layer is the original and the others are copies with the filter applied to it but each has the filter applied at different strengths.
Then you could use masks on each layer to transition from 1[no-filter] -> 2[filter strength 1] -> 3[filter strength 3] -> 4 and so on... maybe with a little tweaking of the gradient masks it could look ok. Thoughts?
- Technically that could work by shifting the same gradient mask a little bit on each iteration. I'm not doing it.monospaced