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‎Mar 17, 2019
08:47 AM
Friends, As I get older I'm told to lower my stress. This may mean abandoning Photoshop CC. I use it sparingly though I pay for it monthly...what a racket! So I'm trying to do a simple, simple I'm told, simple clipping mask. I have watched the tutorials over and over and over. tried this, tried that, go back to the tutorial, repeat step by step. I'm beginning to think I can do without this product. OK..the problem. I have two layers, a black and white jpg and a colorful background. The idea: simple enough. see the picture through the text. It DOESN'T work as ADVERTISED. (that's me screaming at the screen) Please don't tell me once again to use the alt key. Yeah it pretends to turn on a clipping mask but all i see is the top layer. This is a screen grab of what I am seeing. my monitor is set to 3840 x 2160. I edit in 4K. Stressed out 71-year-old
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‎Mar 04, 2019
08:44 PM
Well I sort of figured it out. There’s still some mystery but I was able to reproduce it. So… I opened the image, unlocked the layer, inverted the image, selected all, load selection, add layer mask…and there it is, a transparency with white letters. Just what I wanted all along. And it only took all day. Now I can edit the video. Thanks a lot guys. Problems nearly always cause you to learn something. Maybe it’s the only way I learn. Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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‎Mar 04, 2019
04:34 PM
I’m learning about masking right now. That’s where I think the secret lies. Nothing anyone has suggested so far has worked. I used to do this. What’s different? Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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‎Mar 04, 2019
01:21 PM
‎Mar 04, 2019
11:31 AM
I’m beginning to think I’m mentally retarded because this doesn’t work. Beginning again.. I scanned a page from a program handed out at a ballet performance. The page contains description and dancers in the ballet. I have a jpeg: black characters on a white background. The intent is to invert the image - that is white text on a black background then make the black transparent. Then I’ll save it as a png or gif and use it as an overlay in the opening of the video. I can invert it just fine. But everything goes south from there. (I’m wondering If I’m simply too dim to do this. Seriously. There are other concepts I grasp pretty well but not this one.) When I slide the blending carrot to the left the entire image disappears not just the background. Good grief! Just watched another tutorial. There’s something here I’m not grasping. Thanks for your help. Where am I going wrong? Sent from Mail for Windows 10
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‎Mar 04, 2019
08:34 AM
It must be incredibly easy..... I have a program, a ballet program. It lists all the dancers. It is black text on white. typical program publication. I scanned it. It is now on my machine. All I want to do is convert the black to white and white background to transparent. Yes I'm fully aware of the alpha channel. I have carefully followed instructions from YouTube tutorials. No nothing works. I have a tooth ache and a deadline. WHy is this hard? it can't be.
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