P_6 Basic Masking & Lighting Techniques |
| To apply the gradient fill to your new selection, press the (K) key to access the Paint Bucket fill tool. In the Controls: Paint Bucket palette (6) you may have to change the Fill With box from Current Color to Grad. Click once inside the Marching Ants and the fill is applied. Your selection will look something like this (7). |
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Press
the (F) key to access the Layer Adjuster tool.
Click once inside your image to
turn it into a layer.
Press the Alt key and click once inside the layer to create
and exact duplicate.
In the Objects Layers palette (8),
you will see 2 layers named Layer 1.
Double click on the top blue bar to access the Layer Attributes
dialog box (9).
Re-name the floater to Glow, click OK.
Next, click on Effects > Orientation > Free
Transform, a bounding box appears around the image.
Press the Shift key, click on the top left handle, and drag
toward the center slightly to reduce its size.
Choose Effects > Orientation > Commit
Transform to complete the procedure.
Close the eye in the Glow floater to make it disappear.
Save your file and name it Pumpkin. You
may have noticed the Trim Button is missing in this version.
Painters new layering scheme automatically trims any new layer close
to the new image. At the same
time they removed your ability to delete a layer using the Backspace
or Delete keys. |
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