Photoshop Q: Gradual Effects
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- bigtrickagain0
Noggin: I've done this manually before - I've set up multiple layers with varying strengths on the effect, then used the layer mask on each layer to progressively reveal more and more of the effect across the image.
Did that make sense?
- bigtrickagain0
(cont. from above) in the middle of this image, what Noggin wants is a gaussian blur of 100 pixels since 0 < 100 < 200. using the layer masks would only get him a half-visible 200px blur in the middle of the image.
- baseline_shift0
use a soft brush or feathered selection to make the transition in the layer mask mode. this will make it gradual.
- bigtrickagain0
he doesn't want to vary the opacity of the effect, but rather the strength. like, if he were to apply a gaussian blur, he'd want one end of the image to have a blur of 200 pixels, and the other end of the image to have a blur of 0 pixels. subtly different from having an overall blur of 200 pixels and a variable opacity on that blur.
- monospaced0
Exactly. If you have your regular image on one layer, and the pixelated one on the next layer, you could use the gradient layer mask to fade between the two. If that's not what you're looking for, then sorry, I'm not a Photoshop guru.
- Noggin0
The layer mask approach (unless im doing it wrong) will only affect the opacity...
Thats not the effect Im looking for, say im pixelating an image, id like the strength of the pixelation to be gradual, make sense?
I guess its kinda like key-framing on a static image.
- i know what you're talking about. i'd be interested in the solution also...bigtrickagain
- bored2death0
don't they have google in india?
- lumedia0
i think that is what you are looking for.
- monospaced0
Mask
- Quick Mask?Noggin
- No...create a layer mask and make it a gradient, or any pattern or cutout.monospaced
- Noggin
Ive forgotten how to change the strength of an effect over a set distance (say with a gradient).
Google results show the usual layer mask fade but thats not what Im looking for.
Help?