![]() Bonus Tip: Are you still MASSIVELY confused by Masking? This happens often because of my lousy description.After you are done masking the two layers together, Merge Layers in the menu or by pressing Command (Ctrl on PC) E.If you stroke the same area over and over again, you will get to 100%, which allows you to see the layer underneath. ![]() Each stroke will make that layer 30% more transparent. Make sure your chosen color over on the right is BLACK.See it? Click on that little white box it because THAT represents the mask. Now that you created the mask, you will see a little white box on that layer down in the lower right.Quick Tip – to change the size of the brush quickly use the bracket keys ( ).You will keep adjusting this size throughout, depending on what you want! Brush – Click that dropdown and make the brush size 100.Multiple brush strokes will make that percentage go up… For example, if you brush over the same spot ten times or so, you’ll be at 100% see-through! This means how hard you will be pushing down the brush to punch through to the bottom layer. At the top, there are two areas to adjust:.On the Menu, go to Layer > Create Layer Mask > Reveal All.Click on the top layer (the one you want to punch through).To create a mask and start revealing the layer underneath: I used the Brush, adjusted the opacity to about 30%, and kept painting until enough of the lower layer shined through. If you see those little black and gray marks there, that is where I have painted black to see the layer beneath. If you look closely at the layers on the right in the screenshot below, you can see that I have created a LAYER MASK for the TOP LAYER. Photoshop – Here we have the HDR image on top with some of the original photos on layers beneath. This is usually what I have to do with the HDR layer, turning it on and off to make sure it’s lined up just right. …Or you can press V to get into move mode and use the arrow keys at 300% to nudge them around.Select all the layers with CTRL or SHIFT-clicking them, then use Auto-Align under the Edit Menu – default options are fine.I have also made sure to align all the images so they are neatly stacked: Once you have all the layers in one photo, you can re-arrange them as you see fit.Continue to repeat this with all of the other photos.Then go back to your Base Layer and do a Edit > Paste. We will copy and paste all the other photos into this image. Go to your Tonemapped photo that was the result of the Photomatix process.Bonus Tip: If you have Adobe Bridge, you can select all the photos, then go to Tools>Photoshop…>Load Files into Photoshop Layers… and voila, all are in one Photoshop window!.After you open all 4 (or your number) into Photoshop, you should have 4 windows or tabs open in Photoshop.To import the photos, there are a variety of ways, as there is with everything in Photoshop! If you read the following bullet point list, I will assume you are a beginner, so I will try tell you the easiest way! Note that as you become more advanced, you will not need to bring in all of these originals. I put the Photomatix result on the top layer, and stacked the other three below. In the screenshot below, look down in the lower right at the layers. (Continued from – or go to page 1 of the HDR Tutorial) Step 6, Continued Stacking and Aligning the Photos
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