CS4 cant view or save layers as one

[iDad]

select your area(I selected eye roughly) copy, past it(you'll have separate layer of just your selection) after you get all your areas select and separated as new layers then you can merge or save as (but you need to get rid of layers or hide layers that are blocking edited areas.

[fotojunkie]

Sorry

for the life of me i cant figure how to copy layers , 1 at a time or otherwise

If i figure it out , where do i paste them ? in a new created file ?

[fotojunkie]

sorry i didnt see ur reply when i replied

it seems i actually go the the layer and select a portion

not copy layers from layer palette LOLO i can br thick

so i select edited areas from each individual layer

and copy them on top layer , this way theyre all visible

Very wise

Thanks

Sounds like more work than id hoped to do , as ill need to clean pixels etc.....

but man magnetic lasoo is a blessing , it seems to have improved in cs4 ?

Cheers

[fotojunkie]

Holee poo

How perfect

i was just mucking about doing as u described and expecting to have

to do much cleaning around the strings of the hat ( yellow )

i did a real rough sloppy selection and pasted to top layer

and it instantly pasted perfect , the mess i selected from the other layer

doesnt show

i thought it would take 4 ever to select around the 2 strings

im not complaining , im just wondering where the mess went

Cheers

[iDad]

Sounds like you got it.. fantastic

[fotojunkie]

Cheers

[jerryb]

hi foodjunkie and idad,

been following the thread, in fact i did a reply but for some reason
it got lost... but anyway

now i did duplicate foodjunkie issue but couldn't find a way to make
them visable.... as stated..

so i experimented for awhile i did think about the copy and paste routine but didn't like that
...... and what worked best for me...

1. made a single duplicate layer and desaturated....
2. for each part i wanted to use the history brush on i
used a new transparent layer use the brush on that layer...
3. doing this way... all the item on the different transparent layers
all showed!!!! ... and i didn't have to copy and paste...

now if you want to merge all the layers without lossing the orginal layers...
what i did was
a. create blank layer at the top of the stack and hhilight
b. turn on the eyes of the layers i want to merge
c. holding down the alt key and at the same time go to the
layer menu and click merge visable ...
d. what that does it consoldates the visable layers and not leave the orginal
layers alone...

i hope this is usefull.. i know for me i learned a couple of things...

[iDad]

Hi jerry, That method works too I like the copy paste method, for some reason it works best for me(I guess it's what I got use to) So many was to do these things, it is sometimes tough to really know a problem without seeing first hand what it is being explained.at least for me anyway.

[jerryb]

hi idad,
I found that there many different way but many times it what one is comfortable with
that maybe the best.... a variation i tried was i selected an area i wanted
then create a new layer and then used the history brush... smiling.. the selction
kept me with in the selection on the newe layer....

just imagine.. a few weeks ago didn't even touch the history brush, apprehensive about it..smiling ....
but now I find different ways to use it now...lol

Hi jerry, That method works too I like the copy paste method, for some reason it works best for me(I guess it's what I got use to) So many was to do these things, it is sometimes tough to really know a problem without seeing first hand what it is being explained.at least for me anyway.

[fotojunkie]

Thanks mates

Always appreciated

Next up for me is perfecting my colour range selections

i love masking effects but i never get them right

im following a tutorial on howto.com

adobe tv , i just discovered

i can provide link , but its prob against rules

Cheers