Ah I just saw Maris's reply which makes mine a trifle redundant. To answer
this query though...
- select the top layer
- Layer/Add layer mask/Reveal all (or use icon at bottom of layers palette)
- paint with black on the white mask with soft-edged brushes to see parts
of the bottom image you want
- you can paint with white to "undo" or fine tune what you did with the
last step, and use white or black or grays for further correction or fine
tuning.
- when finished, flatten the image.
There are other variations on layer masking. Layer masks are the most
useful thing I have discovered in PS (I am sure there is plenty more yet
though. As Woody Allen points out, "the autodidactic always has huge holes
in his knowledge" )
Julian
At 09:45 08/01/02, you wrote:
>Maris,
>
>Having layered two such images, I am not clear how to blend them. I have a
>similar situation in which shadow detail is lost in many small regions of
>the image.
>
>I tried layering the dark on the light and erasing parts of the dark layer
>where I wanted the shadow detail to show through. Is that what you meant?
>
>Stan
>
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>
>Try making 2 scans - one optimized for the highlights and one for the
>dark area, and then layer them.
>
>Maris
>
>On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 00:01:17 -0800 "Ken Durling" wrote:
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