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Simple but Awesome Layering
Where: Adobe Photoshop

Author: HorseFlesh
Created: 1/2/2004
Last Revision: 1/2/2004
Skill Level: Intermediate
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Simple but Awesome Layering


1.Open your picture in Photoshop.
2.Right click on the selected layer and choose “Duplicate Layer”.Fill the original layer with white, since we won’t be needing
that layer any more...
3.Remove the new layer’s background.This can be done with the eraser tool.I prefer to use the Knockout 2
plugin for that.But, the eraser tool will do just fine.
4.Click on Image/Adjustments/Desaturate to turn the selected layer Grayscale.

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Comments

by polkadotcat on Jan 7, 2004 5:16:03 am [homepage]

This looks fantastic!! Will definitely try this out!
by alffarr on Jan 7, 2004 1:40:49 pm [homepage]

Wow, this is great, now I have something to do. and I know exactly what you mean by trying not to offend people, seeing as I did somehow with the simplicity of my water tutorial, but simple is good.
by flock on Jan 15, 2004 10:11:15 pm [homepage]

how can I get the knockout 2 filter?
by herbstliebe on Jan 18, 2004 2:04:41 pm [homepage]

hi, today i made an image with this tut. thank's so much.
by oooZENOooo on Feb 1, 2004 5:31:34 pm [homepage]

Excellent tut, thanks for sharing it!
by Tchu1 on Feb 5, 2004 8:22:45 am [homepage]

I loved this one, already tried it.. but .. yours looks better than mine.. he he he
I will try again, this is great!!! thank you
by archloxx on Feb 7, 2004 10:07:56 am [homepage]

that was a nice tutorial . thanx
by kellendor on Feb 10, 2004 6:48:54 am [homepage]

Thanks - I've been slowly learning this same stuff through experimentation, but your tut will speed me along greatly! Thank you!
by FreeJack on Feb 13, 2004 11:46:36 am [homepage]

This one really rocks and shows me some new ways to think about the layering modes. Short and sweet. Thanks a ton!
by NZSolutions on Feb 14, 2004 7:13:10 pm [homepage]

Very straight forward and easy to follow tutorial. good work.
by todd71 on Feb 17, 2004 2:24:29 pm [homepage]

interesting...but with the inverted selection on that last step..it might be easier to mask the peeling paint layer rather than worry about using the eraser tool...just a suggestion...
by danamo on Feb 21, 2004 10:53:58 pm [homepage]

Very cool&clearly written!
by midazolam on Feb 28, 2004 12:11:09 am [homepage]

Close to the end - if you have the person on their own layer anyhow, rather than going to the trouble of creating a mask, you already have one: Select>Load Selection>Layer "xyz" Transparency. Invert that, then select the layer of your paint, hit the backspace/delete key, and you've obtained the same result, sans eraser tool.

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by HorseFlesh on Mar 1, 2004 8:18:19 am [homepage]

Thankyou for all the nice comments you all!
by blana on Mar 6, 2004 2:27:40 am [homepage]

very nicely done and explained at my level...thank you!
by danyiluska on Oct 26, 2004 2:36:13 pm [homepage]

simple and good!
by Zemela on Nov 5, 2004 12:24:01 pm [homepage]

Great job on this tut, it's really very useful! Thanks for sharing!
by loserincstargategeek on Jan 16, 2005 2:16:22 am [homepage]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I am a major PS novice, and, I really haven't ventured beyond blending with the eraser, since, I don't know what anything does. This was extremely useful. I cannot thank you enough! I really hope you have more tutorials in the future. Oh, and thank you for making it easy enough for a beginner to follow =)
by yvonne1962 on Jan 28, 2005 3:48:19 am [homepage]

a great tutorial! it's only hard to find the nice backgrounds.
by VJD-Communication on Oct 20, 2006 5:51:31 am [homepage]

G'Day HorseFlesh,

Thank you for taking the time to produce an excellent tutorial. I found it very rewarding and informative.

Regards,

Ian

by bdtstudio on Feb 26, 2011 10:33:44 am [homepage]

Good tutorial except in step 1 it is far better to mask out the original background rather than erase. Erasing is not reversible, what is erased is gone. Select the figure, then click the mask button at the bottom of the layers palette. The mask can then be adjusted with black or white to hide or reveal more of the image if needed.

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