Web server on xp - CHAPTER 5 SELECTION 209 It s fairly easy
CHAPTER 5 SELECTION 209 It s fairly easy to forget in which direction to draw a gradient, and end up blackening what you wanted to whiten, and vice versa. (Remember, the layer mask preview will show you a thumbnail of what the mask looks like.) Fortunately, that s easy to fix: just draw another gradient in the opposite direction. You don t even need to undo! Don t forget that holding the Control key down as you drag a gradient constrains it to a multiple of 15 degrees. That s an easy way to get a gradient that s exactly vertical or exactly horizontal. Once you ve drawn on the layer mask, the image doesn t look that different, because of that translucent top layer. It s finally time to slide the opacity of the top layer back to 100%. You could have done that earlier, but without being able to see the bottom layer it would have been difficult to see where to place the gradient. With the top layer made fully opaque again, now the image becomes Figure 5-43. Figure 5-43. A gradient on the layer mask, and top layer back to fully opaque
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