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Outer glow

Postby ksimmonds on Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:56 pm

Hi. I've done this before but I've completely forgotten how. I want to put an outer glow around the policeman. I'm obviously forgetting something important, becasue I can get it round the entire square frame but not just round the figure. I've attached the image .
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Re: Outer glow

Postby CovertPea on Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:21 am

The policeman image needs to be on it's own layer. Then apply the outer glow.
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Re: Outer glow

Postby ksimmonds on Tue Jun 23, 2009 6:34 am

That's where I'm going wrong. I selected the white / then selected inverse / then dragged the figure onto a new layer .......... and still it doesn't work.
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Re: Outer glow

Postby ksimmonds on Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:16 am

Looking at the photo - you seem to have done it .... but how ?
I've tried and tried and still can't do it. What is driving me mad, is that I've done it before, and I've forgotten how. I've been trying for a week now with no joy.
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Re: Outer glow

Postby CovertPea on Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:38 am

I selected the white / then selected inverse

I tried that as well to begin with, but found too much scattered bits of white left behind. So I worked around the image using the polygonal lasso tool, inverted then deleted. After that the outer glow worked fine as you can see.
I don't understand why it didn't work for you. Perhaps someone else here can shed some light?
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Re: Outer glow

Postby saintjerry on Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:49 pm

go to the layer pallate @ the right conner of the frame clik on (italic "F" icon), then sellect outer glow


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Re: Outer glow

Postby Isick on Mon Jun 29, 2009 11:18 pm

The outer glow wont show up against a White Background - i believe - because it uses the Screen blend mode.

Try changing the background to Black or some other darker color to see if it is indeed working or not.

Or change the blend mode of the Outer Glow in the Outer Glow options to something else, like "Normal".
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