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Post by Sepiana on Oct 20, 2020 17:19:27 GMT
But why in his layer screen shot does he have the shape of the tree and my layer is completely empty? What did I not do that needed to be done? It looks like you missed this step, . . . I then painted over the main tree trunk so as to lessen the effect of the Brightness/Contrast on that particular part of the image (on layer masks - Black completely hides, White completely reveals, and neutral grey hides/reveals 50/50 --- lighter shades of Grey reveal more - darker shades of Grey reveal less) |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 20, 2020 20:16:14 GMT
The first step is simply a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer; in the Layers palette, click on the little half-black/half-white circle to open the adjustment layer menu and select Brightness/Contrast. I then slid the Brightness left to -60 and the Contrast right to +28; these numbers just looked to be what I was after = enough darkness and contrast so that the limbs and leaves stood out from the sky without becoming obscured. I clicked on the Foreground color square; a color selector appeared, and I moved the little picker circle to midway up on the far left side = neutral grey. When you say you clicked on the Foreground color square, is the below screen capture I made with the red arrow the same as you are saying?  As you can see from my above screen shot I did figure out how to paint on the tree trunk, although I probably did not use the same color grey as you used. I am not sure YET how that will work out. I did download 3 different sky backgrounds from unsplash.com (Thank you Helen!!) but my problem now is I do not understand how you added that to my image making it look so good! |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 8:38:28 GMT
I clicked on the Foreground color square; a color selector appeared, and I moved the little picker circle to midway up on the far left side = neutral grey. When you say you clicked on the Foreground color square, is the below screen capture I made with the red arrow the same as you are saying? Charles, BuckSkin is talking about the Foreground color swatch (Black) in the Tools Panel. He clicked on it to bring up the Color Picker.  |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 13:29:12 GMT
Thank you Sepiana, for clearing up the Foreground color swatch for me.
How did Buckskin get the new sky in my photo without using the blank layer as shown by Helen?
Buckskin somehow kept the small limbs and leaves in the image which I so much prefer over what Helen shows only having in the main trunk of that limb.
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 13:43:29 GMT
Charles, Here is what BuckSkin did. Window > Images > Tile Select the Sky image and, from the Layer bin, while holding the Shift key, drag the sky layer on top of your image. |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 13:56:50 GMT
Sepiana, I feel like I am being a real pain here, I am sorry for that. This is what I get by doing the above instructions I know how to stretch the sky, but how do I get the sky behind the tree?  |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 14:27:15 GMT
You need to unlock the Background layer and, then, drag the Sky layer underneath it. Double-click on the Background layer to unlock it. Or right-click on it and select "Layer from Background".
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 14:55:17 GMT
You need to unlock the Background layer and, then, drag the Sky layer underneath it. Double-click on the Background layer to unlock it. Or right-click on it and select "Layer from Background". Thank you. I was able to unlock the background layer with no problems. How do I drag the sky layer underneath it? |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 15:04:56 GMT
- Place your cursor on the Sky layer.
- Hold the cursor down.
- Drag the Sky layer underneath the unlocked Background layer.
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 15:14:30 GMT
- Place your cursor on the Sky layer. - Hold the cursor down. - Drag the Sky layer underneath the unlocked Background layer. Did that... in the layers column you see the sky layer did change to new position, but in the left image no change..... Should I have seen a change in the left image?  |
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 15:36:31 GMT
You are not seeing any changes in the image displayed in the workspace because you didn't drag the Sky layer underneath the unlocked Background layer. Your screenshot shows that the Sky layer is under the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer but above the unlocked Background layer.
Your layer stack should be in this order.
- Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer
- Layer 0 (Unlocked Background)
- Layer 1 (Sky)
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 16:53:09 GMT
Thank you! NOW I understand what you meant by "underneath!!! Hey I am old and senile! LOL!!!
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Post by BuckSkin on Oct 21, 2020 17:34:31 GMT
If you will refer to the layer stack that I posted, I did not put the sky beneath the background layer.
When you change the sky layer's Blend Mode to Darken, the Background will show through.
Adjusting the sky layer's opacity will lighten or darken the sky.
I have not tried it, but I don't think my method would work with the sky layer underneath the background.
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Post by Sepiana on Oct 21, 2020 17:54:09 GMT
I have not tried it, but I don't think my method would work with the sky layer underneath the background. I completely agree. Another technique would be needed. In order to follow your instructions faithfully, he would have to keep the sky layer where it is now (above the Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer) and change its blending mode. My apologies! I misunderstood this question. Sepiana, I know how to stretch the sky, but how do I get the sky behind the tree? |
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Post by Inspeqtor on Oct 21, 2020 18:29:42 GMT
I tried it with the sky underneath the background, and as Buckskin said, it did not work. I did not see the sky at all. I then put the sky on top as it was in the beginning, changed the blend mode from Normal to darken, and now I can see the sky thru the tree....kinda What I am really seeing is the sky layer on top of the tree and the leaves, not behind it so the tree and leaves are darkened by the blue color of the sky. It does not look natural at all. I am getting closer!  |
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