Vectors and cleaning edges advice please

[fotojunkie]

OK

Thanks , i stopped at that step thinking , ma this wont do

so ill keep going

ill just attatch a copy of what ive done thus far , youll see why i was worried

PS i dont think ill ever get that bottom 3 dots like the tut tho ?

Cheers

[jerryb]

the layer that has the 3 dots did you set the blending mode (on the layer pallett) to overlay?

on the layers of the building did you set the blending mode to multiply...?

OK

Thanks , i stopped at that step thinking , ma this wont do

so ill keep going

ill just attatch a copy of what ive done thus far , youll see why i was worried

PS i dont think ill ever get that bottom 3 dots like the tut tho ?

Cheers

[fotojunkie]

Darn

Yes and yes

i just double checked

may it be brush/colour selection , some small thing

the authour missed in tut ?

[fotojunkie]

For the life of me i cant make those vector mask dots look anywhere near

shadows/faded areas as in the tut

ive saved the project so i can keep gping back to b4

i did the vector

ive even tried on different pics/projects

damn

[jerryb]

hi,
i going to repeat the steps.... a little different.....
1. open your texture paper........
2. make a duplicate layer and set the blending mode to "darken" on that 2nd layer ...
3. now make a duplicate of that 2nd layer... it should place itself at the top if it doesn't then manually do it.... it just click and drag..
4. now go to your layer menu and select add vector>reveal all
note: make sure you choose select vector mask and not layer mask..
5. you should now see the white mask thmbnail over in the layer pallet. and there should be a liiiittttle frame around that mask......
6. make sure on tool bar the color squares show black for forground and white for background..........
7. now choose your brush .... pick that one that has a big tip and it edge is fuzzy ......
8. now paint your 3 dots... at this point they will look like black dot on the text layer....
9 and here where the magic come in.... go to the layer pallett and choose overlay... voila... you will then see the black dots become faded subtle and fade in with the color of the texture...

now the very first time it worked for me and when i went back the 2nd and 3rd time it didn't.... the reason it didn't was that i was in advertantly clicking layer mask and not vector mask!!!! so watch out for that.. smmiling...

For the life of me i cant make those vector mask dots look anywhere near

shadows/faded areas as in the tut

ive saved the project so i can keep gping back to b4

i did the vector

ive even tried on different pics/projects

damn

[fotojunkie]

OK

so start from zero again ? not from where i saved ?

OK doing it now

[jerryb]

hhi,
i think what i would do... set that file aside that you have made...

and just concentrate on just that one section of the tutorial untill you get working right.... once you do and you take note of why it didn't come on the previous try then you can, if want go back to our orginal file or just start over...... it no big deal you find you be going thru that tutorial real fast...

i have that sequence on the dot memorized now....lol... been through it so many times and i do it so quickly now..lol....

OK

so start from zero again ? not from where i saved ?

OK doing it now

[fotojunkie]

Thanks

so far so good.....

It seems now the trick being brush selection and

how i artistically ? apply it ?

def not just 3 dots anymore

How long did it take u to figure this out , and how in heck

did that tut authour make the other work LOL moot point

i went to try paint brush , it may work nice , but guess what

CS4 gremlins are baaaack...............

Its not there anymore

brush tool/pencil tool / color replacement ...where the toot

can a tool go ...

i had a tool disappear on me the other day , as u may have seen here

after a reboot it came back LOL

Not this time

Can it be somewhere else now ?

Cheers for beyond the call of duty help m8

[fotojunkie]

Ok

Any tips on the next vectors mate ?

Cheers

[fotojunkie]

Did u notice when u paste the 2nd temple in

you have

2 rearrange layers for it 2 fall behind temple 1 ?

Tut only says paste onto document , not which layer