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JULY 23, 2003 Gradient Masks in Adobe Photoshop
You can group as many layers as you wish to this parent layer. The one restriction is that the grouped layers must be above the parent layer, and there can be no ungrouped layers in between them.  [an error occurred while processing this directive]Good. We're almost there. But what about that annoying grayscale gradient that's still showing up on the canvas? Here's the delicious part that never occurred to me until about one second before I dashed to my computer to type up this tutorial before the idea was lost to the ages. It's all in the blending.With your gradient layer selected, choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options. Down at the bottom of the dialog that pops up, you'll see a section with the heading "Blend i." The "Gray" option is selected by default, and that's perfect for our purpose here. Beneath this heading, you'll see two sliders, one labeled "This Layer," the other labeled "Underlying Layer." We're going to adjust the "This Layer" slider. So look for the little triangle on the left of the slider. If you just grab it and start dragging, you'll get some jagged edges on your image. Instead, hold down the Option key (Mac) or Alt key (Windows), and drag the two halves of the triangle independently, until you arrive at something like 40/70. (These values will depend somewhat on the color of your masked image. See below for details.)  Now the gradient fill layer is gone, and you're left with a masked out piece of text that's fully editable.  Prev 1 2 3 Next Related sites: • Creative Mac • Digital Media Designer • Digital Producer • The WWUG Related forums: [an error occurred while processing this directive] 
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