Dissolve layers

[gnurf]

Does anyone know what dissolve layers can be used to. I know how dissolve works (making "grainy" transparents), but I haven't so far found any use for it. OK, I know one: If I want to fake a soft drop shadow in a transparent gif, but that's about all.

-Paul

[gnurf]

Does anyone know what dissolve layers can be used to. I know how dissolve works (making "grainy" transparents), but I haven't so far found any use for it. OK, I know one: If I want to fake a soft drop shadow in a transparent gif, but that's about all.

-Paul

[Shiraz]

Dear Paul
it depands on your mind
how u use these kind of effects..
i uses this effect in a jacket folder that i have designed for DSL.
this rusted effect at the bottom made by the help of dissolve.

its a folder it has a leaflets containing information regarding packages that our company is offering. along with this a marketing peoples can put there card and a company's profile cd.

does it look good http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif ?

[Mark (theKeeper)]

Good use Shiraz...

Don't forget too that adjusting the layer's opacity allows for more or less grain dispersion. And also remember that this same effect can be obtained when painting also. Your brushes can be set to this same mode so that you can paint the grain effect on.

If you have a Tablet, then the presssure sensitivity can be set so the grain get's applied more thick or thinly in a reatime fashion. This allows much more specific control/use of this effect.

Bear in mind too that is using just the layer blend mode for the effect, you can always select the obejct that the grain effect has been applied to, and "copy merged". Then paste a hard copy into a new layer, and continue working with it after that. This method allows you to extend the effects on the layer, because if Dissolve blend mode is being applied to one layer, that layer cannot have anything else done to it.

Just some extra things to take note of in regards to using the Dissolve mode. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Shiraz]

Thanks Mark http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

thanks for these infromative comments

no i dont have tablet http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif
but i know how wounderfull this thing is..

well i'll remember these methods
and inshAllah will aply in my artworks.

I have seen your home page
its very impresive.

thanks http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Regards
Shiraz