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problem with blend modes

Postby nipernaadi on Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:26 pm

Hello!

I have a problem with the blend modes. I created a logo and i want to use it on a web page. On the sample picture i have created a random logo to show where my problem lies. The logo has a sunburst behind it which has transparent effects on the outside. Also i have made a big dot behind the logo with a soft brush. I have used blend modes - hard light on the logo and overlay on the white brush. Now the problem is that i want to flatten the logo and the brush. And keep the background separate from that. The background is a tiled image so it would be better to use it on a web page instead of one flat image. But when i flatten the logo and the brush, then the blend mode effects disappear. I cant use the regular opacity because i want the grain to be shown through the sunburst. Also i cant cut out the image because the sunburst is transparent from the edges. So is there any way to flatten the logo and brush separately from the background and still have the blend mode effects to be shown?

Thanks in advance; hope this all made some sense. And please don't tell me to hide the background and merge visible. It doesn't work...
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Re: problem with blend modes

Postby bostone737 on Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:58 am

try clicking all the layers you want to merge, hold ctrl to select one at a time. Now click ctrl again and click on the actual icon for one of the selected layers. Hold ctrl+Shift while clicking the icons to the rest of layers you have selected that you want to merge. Now you should have your layers high lighted and a marching ants selection around the actual shapes you want to merge. Go to Edit>Copy Merged then Edit>Paste. That should help I hope


BTW, hate when photoshop does this with blending modes
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Re: problem with blend modes

Postby nipernaadi on Fri Mar 25, 2011 8:50 am

O wow; this isn't exactly 100% what i wanted, but almost works. Thanks a bunch :)
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Re: problem with blend modes

Postby bostone737 on Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:14 am

just curious, what exactly does it do? or how far off is it from working?
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