Serif PhotoPlus X3 ECD518624M User Manual
Product codes
ECD518624M
150
Layers and Masks
are not included in the blend. This means that the color of the underlying layers
pixels is used instead (as there is no blending taking place).
To apply a blend range:
pixels is used instead (as there is no blending taking place).
To apply a blend range:
1. Open an image that possesses more than one layer.
2. Go to the Layers tab. Decide which two layers you want to apply a
2. Go to the Layers tab. Decide which two layers you want to apply a
blend range between.
3. Double-click the upper layer.
4. In the Blend Ranges box, specify a channel to work on in the Channel
drop-down menu – choose Gray, Red, Green or Blue.
5. On the This Layer range selector, drag either the lower or upper
sliders right or left, respectively, to limit the blend range. You can drag
both sliders to reduce both the upper and lower ranges if you wish.
6. Do the same for the Underlying Layer.
7. Click OK to apply the blend range.
With the Alt key, smoothing is possible by splitting the triangular sliders into
two and moving one half to a new position on the range selector. The greater the
difference in values, the greater the smoothing applied.
difference in values, the greater the smoothing applied.
Adjusting opacity/transparency
Opacity and transparency describe
essentially the same thing (like "half full"
essentially the same thing (like "half full"
and "half empty"). They both describe the
degree to which a particular pixel's color
degree to which a particular pixel's color
contributes to the overall color at that
point in the image.