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Lua
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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 Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:24 pm Post subject: Filters and transparency? |
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Hey folks, I'm having a little trouble.
Say I want to use the accented edges filter on a circle. When I try this, if the circle is on a transparent layer, the filter has no effect at all, but when i fill the background with a color, the effect works fine. Why doesn't it work with transparency?
thanks much!
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AgfaD2
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
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Location: California
PS Version: Photoshop 9.0 CS2
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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The filter has no action to perform, you've only selected an object to start creating something. Until you fill it with a color, image, gradient. Whatever you choose than it will run the filter on that selection. Hope that helps.
Heres a screen shot on what you might have seen.
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Lua
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:31 pm Post subject: |
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no, you miss understand me. the circle is filled, and not selected. it's a plane black circle on a transparent background.
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AgfaD2
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Does the circle have its own layer and the "transparent background" have its own layer?
Can you post a screen shot?
I was able to achieve this without any errors. Maybe I am missing something?
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Lua
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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here's the problem:
i apply the accented edge (as well as a couple of other filters) and there's no effect. it's exactly the same.
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AgfaD2
Joined: 03 Nov 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hmmm, and you cannot run the filter. Bizarre. I tried the same thing and what you did and I was able to achieve the effect. I see your on 8-bit RGB mode.
I guess my next question is can you run any of the other filters?
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Lua
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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Some work, some don't
for example: gaussian blur works (though the effect is somewhat low-quality looking, maybe cause of 8-bit mode), and so does noise (inside the circle, not outside), but color halftone, crosshatch, stuff like that do not.
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Lua
Joined: 08 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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ok, i figured out what the problem is. the effect works, BUT photoshop fills the rest of the shape with the background color for some reason. example, when i try to use accented edges:
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Babs
Joined: 04 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 4:39 am Post subject: |
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Probably way off here but could it have something to do with you having white as your foreground colour instead of black?
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lasa
Joined: 08 Aug 2005
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: |
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You are trying to do things to a black circle. most of the filters will have very little effect on it.
If you blur a black circle the edges will go soft but nothing happens to the center etc.
Place a picture in the circle or fill the circle with a gradient.. make sure the layer isn't locked (your last image shows the layer is locked, little lock on the right) it should work.
Lasa
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