414 CHAPTER 10 (Virtual web hosting) ADVANCED COMPOSITING Adjust the
414 CHAPTER 10 ADVANCED COMPOSITING Adjust the Layer Mask The gradient in your layer mask was great for a first step, but now it s time to eliminate parts of the image that don t match well. You don t want to replace the gradient, just add to it. In this case, the first priority is getting rid of those mesa tops that don t line up. To do that, a bit of black added with the Paintbrush tool in the upper-left of the second image s layer mask will make the ghostly floating mesa disappear. (Remember, black in the layer mask makes that part of the image invisible.) Watch the double images gradually go away as you scribble it s fun. If you need to get rid of a whole corner of an image, you can add another gradient to the existing gradient. Use the Mode menu in the Gradient tool: any of the darkening modes, such as Multiply, Subtract, or Darken Only, will do (they ll give slightly different results at the edges where the two gradients meet, but you probably won t see the difference). Tip Remember that you can use Show Layer Mask from the Layers dialog (or Alt-click or Alt-Shift-click on the layer preview). When you re finished adjusting the mask, click on the layer preview in the Layers dialog so the mask won t remain selected. That way, you won t be surprised if you try to do anything with the layer later. Figure 10-39 shows the mesa-top area cleaned up (I cheated a little and made a new butte). Notice that the sky now looks patchy. Don t worry, you can clean up the sky later. Figure 10-39. The area around the mesa top is cleaned up. The sky still needs work.
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