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Fastest way to replace mask with current selection (Photoshop)
Situation: I want to use the current selection as a mask on layer X. Layer X already has a mask, and I want to completely replace it.
If layer X didn't already have a mask, I could do this in one ...
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Add a new layer to a set of button icons
A designer has created (for money) a set of button icons (Facebook, Settings, ...) for me, where all buttons have the same rounded rectangle outline:
Now I need to add few more buttons, for example ...
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How do I paste into a layer's mask in Photoshop?
When I paste (Cmd+V) a new layer is created instead of pasting into the layer's mask that I created.
What I'm trying to do is take a black and white layer and make it the mask of a all white layer. ...
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How to apply gradient to mask in Photoshop?
I've been using Photoshop CS3 for several years. All of a sudden today, I could not apply a gradient to a layer mask. Nothing happens. I was, however, able to use a brush on the mask.
Click layer ...
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Link a layer with a shape/vector mask in Photoshop
Simple question that I can't find the answer to.
I have a layer with a photo that I got off the internet. I want this layer to have rounded corners. So I draw a rectangle with rounded corners in ...
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How to mask two specific layers with multiple between in cs6
I am following a tutorial and trying to mask a shape layer to another shape layer that is multiple layers down. (or has multiple layers between these two.) In Photoshop cs6
Essentially I want the ...
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How do you paste inside of a layer mask in Photoshop
I was trying to paste some pattern that I made inside another layer. But each time I pasted, it ended up on the layer selected instead of its layer mask even when mask was selected.
I have Photoshop ...
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Using an invert mask on one single layer
I'm stuck with this little thing, which should be extremely easy but I simply cannot achieve it the way I want it.
Working with Photoshop CS5, I have a PSD with several layers, most of them being ...
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How does (clipping) mask in Photoshop work in my specific case
This is my basic layer setup:
http://screencast.com/t/OCQTSwp7I5
Textlayer
Shape
Background
I want to mask the shape-layer so the parts where the text is the shape is transparent.
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Applying same mask to multiple layers in Photoshop
I've got a bunch of puppies i need to mask in the same way as below, where each puppy will be within a shadowed circle:
I got the first one working using a layer mask, but now i want an easy way to ...
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How to edit a vector mask in Photoshop CS2?
This will sound astronomically simple, and you will indeed wonder how is it possible that I've never learned it. But: How do I quickly edit a vector mask in CS2?
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Cut out text from a layer
I'm a Photoshop n00b, working with version CS6. I'm trying to fix up a PSD I was sent from my client so I can convert it to HTML and CSS. Here's a screenshot of some layers I've extracted, that ...
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Advanced shadow and highlight extract with transparency
I want to blend this image dynamically over a background. So, I want to extract it as a PNG with transparency.
I photographed the ship-in-a-bottle on a surface that is roughly the colour of the ...
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How would you create these Photoshop clipping masks in Fireworks?
Fireworks and Photoshop are both great.
I'd would like to know how to achieve similar results to Photoshop's clipping masks in Fireworks (I don't have as much experience using Fireworks as I do using ...
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How to decontaminate black edges on hair
I have a pretty decent knowledge of Photoshop, and have used masks and levels etc to remove backgrounds a fair bit (as well as the edge refinement tools they have now). I am having a tricky time ...
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Photoshop mask extension color
I frequently use predominately black masks on gradient or fill layers to show a shape with a color that I can choose later. However, when I transform the layer, the extension color is white- i.e. ...
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Photoshop: how can I see both the mask and the masked contents?
When I have a photo with a mask in Photoshop, I want to be able to edit this mask with a brush, e.g. I want to remove the sky from the photo. But as far as I know, I can only view the mask or the ...
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In Photoshop, is there a way to turn a vector object into a mask and keep it editable?
I often make objects in Illustrator, and then bring them into Photoshop to use them as a mask, by selecting the pixels of the layer, and then applying it as a mask to another. The downside to this is ...
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How do I breakdown a PSD Background To Tileable layered elements
I'd like to create a scaleable multi-resolution web effect similar to iBooks and started by building on this tutorial.
The problem is with the background image:
As you can see it has two masks on ...
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Photoshop - Extracting a transparent shadow from an image
I have a layer that contains a brushed metal texture. The layer has an inner shadow effect.
I'd like to extract just that shadow with transparency, so I can later superpose the pure background ...
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Photoshop image fading and background effect
I believe it's easy to do, but I am missing some details. Somehow, my results are not what I'd wanted them to look like.
How to draw illustrational lines? (Think of the lines from Windows Vista ...
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Multiple masks in Photoshop
How do I add multiple masks to a layer in Photoshop CS3? I already created one mask for chain link fence so that the fence would appear between a person and his original background:
Now I would ...
