Hi,
On p. 113, I encountered the instructions to use the Drop Black tool for the first time to help create a Hue/Saturation mask, and although there is a short description of what that tool does, I was unable to recreate the steps by hand. I reread the earlier section on using the Gradient Editor for a Gradient Adjustment layer, but I was still unable to replicate what Drop Black does: I couldn't make any tone transparent with the opacity stops in the Gradient Editor. I also tried using the Drop Black tool and then using Undo to try to see the steps, but the steps didn't show.
So, I was wondering if anyone could help me create the steps for the Drop Black tool?
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Now, I'm also interested in how the Clear Grayscale tool works on p.86. I can get close by choosing white with the magic wand tool with a tolerance of 254, but when I toggle off and on and compare my result to the result after applying the Clear Grayscale tool it's not quite the same: mine is slightly darker. I noticed that the Clear Grayscale tool created a layer with the layers styles "f" on the layer. When I double clicked on the "f", I saw the settings for the layer style, so I tried discovering what layer style had those settings, and I could get a similar setting with Drop Shadows/Hard Edge, but no combination I tried could get my result to look the same.
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On p. 113, I encountered the instructions to use the Drop Black tool for the first time to help create a Hue/Saturation mask, and although there is a short description of what that tool does, I was unable to recreate the steps by hand. I reread the earlier section on using the Gradient Editor for a Gradient Adjustment layer, but I was still unable to replicate what Drop Black does: I couldn't make any tone transparent with the opacity stops in the Gradient Editor. I also tried using the Drop Black tool and then using Undo to try to see the steps, but the steps didn't show.
So, I was wondering if anyone could help me create the steps for the Drop Black tool?
[edit]
Now, I'm also interested in how the Clear Grayscale tool works on p.86. I can get close by choosing white with the magic wand tool with a tolerance of 254, but when I toggle off and on and compare my result to the result after applying the Clear Grayscale tool it's not quite the same: mine is slightly darker. I noticed that the Clear Grayscale tool created a layer with the layers styles "f" on the layer. When I double clicked on the "f", I saw the settings for the layer style, so I tried discovering what layer style had those settings, and I could get a similar setting with Drop Shadows/Hard Edge, but no combination I tried could get my result to look the same.
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