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lucienp8924865
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November 26, 2018
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Masking question

  • November 26, 2018
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I am following a tutorial on how to animate a photo. After Inverting, is the rock supposed to be cloudy white?

I made it into a smart object and the stream is white? I did it once and the stream was black--I don't know what I did differently.

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    Correct answer Trevor.Dennis

    Lucien, it's a better question than you might realise.  If you double click the Quick Mask icon at the bottom of the Toolbar, it will open this panel.  The default is for the colour to indicate Masked Areas but a lot of people prefer to change it  so that it indicates Selected Areas  like  below.    I could only bear to have a very quick look at the video because his voice kind of grates (he sounds like a pre-school TV program) but it looked like he has his set  the same as mine.

    It does not really matter, as it it such a simple matter to invert a layer mask.  If your mask does not look the same as his, select the mask (it needs to have a thin white line around it) and use Ctrl i (Cmd i) to invert.  Job done.

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    lucienp8924865Author
    Inspiring
    November 26, 2018

    Wow, thank you thank you thank you--I was not clicking on the box with the thin white lines around it. Three days, OMG!

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    lucienp8924865Author
    Inspiring
    November 26, 2018

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmTHX0P9T9M&feature=em-commentshttp://

    Marty's tutorials are awesome. I am 78+ and as I grow old, so grows my brain.

    Trevor.Dennis
    Trevor.DennisCorrect answer
    Brainiac
    November 26, 2018

    Lucien, it's a better question than you might realise.  If you double click the Quick Mask icon at the bottom of the Toolbar, it will open this panel.  The default is for the colour to indicate Masked Areas but a lot of people prefer to change it  so that it indicates Selected Areas  like  below.    I could only bear to have a very quick look at the video because his voice kind of grates (he sounds like a pre-school TV program) but it looked like he has his set  the same as mine.

    It does not really matter, as it it such a simple matter to invert a layer mask.  If your mask does not look the same as his, select the mask (it needs to have a thin white line around it) and use Ctrl i (Cmd i) to invert.  Job done.

      melissapiccone
      melissapiccone
      Adobe Expert
      November 26, 2018

      Can you post the link to the tutorial? It looks like you have painted directly on your top layer in addition to the mask - which I would assume is a mistake, but maybe not.

      Melissa Piccone | Adobe Trainer | Online Courses Author | Fine Artist
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        lucienp8924865Author
        Inspiring
        November 27, 2018

        Thanks Mellissa, thought I would let you know--I wasn't clicking on the box with the thin white lines before inverting my selection.

        Trevor.Dennis
        Trevor.Dennis
        Brainiac
        November 27, 2018

        lucienp8924865  wrote

        Thanks Mellissa, thought I would let you know--I wasn't clicking on the box with the thin white lines before inverting my selection.

        We all still get caught out on regular occasions.  You develop a mental check list.

        1. What is selected?
        2. Is it turned on?
        3. Is it the right type of layer (raster vs vector)
        4. What is the layer blend mode?
        5. What is the tool blend mode (in the Options Bar)?
        6. What else is happening in the Options Bar?
        7. What is the image size in pixels as well as linear?  You might have mistakenly made a new image 1000 x 1000 thinking it is pixels, but the unit was set to inches, and the document turns out to be 30,000 pixels square.  Text is set to Points, and you start a text layer and nothing happens.  In fact the text is so tiny you can't see it until you zoom in.  This gets everyone eventually.
        8. What colour is the brush/text/shape set to?  If it is the same as the background colour, then you won't be able to see anything.
        9. what tool is selected?  If you use a shortcut, and that tool was already selected, then you might have toggled to the next tool wit the same shortcut.  This gets me once a month or so, but I don't use the Shift key to toggle (every save key stroke is a bonus).
        10. Is the layer locked.
        11. What is happening in the Characters panel?  There are a bunch of options that will stay set and affect all text going forward until you turn them off.

        That's all I can think of right now, and I am not at home, so don't have Photoshop, but that will get you out of a lot of situations.

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