This is a clarification of previous post “Still confused…”
Assume I have three graphic items, all using layers:
(top layer) graphic text on top of…
(middle layer) graphic with solid background on top of…
(bottom layer) graphic w/ jpeg image
So…
How can I make the graphic text look like text?
How can I make a drop shadow applied the solid graphic look right on the jpeg image?
Everything looks fine in Freeway - fooling me into thinking everything actually is fine.
I assume I can’t do this and I have to make the whole thing in photoshop.
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Sometime around 9/5/08 (at 01:02 -0400) grayson Evans said:
Assume I have three graphic items, all using layers:
(top layer) graphic text on top of…
(middle layer) graphic with solid background on top of…
(bottom layer) graphic w/ jpeg image
So…
How can I make the graphic text look like text?
How can I make a drop shadow applied the solid graphic look right on
the jpeg image?
Here are three ways of tackling this issue:
If you group the items together they will be built into a single
layer, and they will be able to be merged into one composite graphic
in the output.
If you UNlayer them they will be merged into a composite graphic in
the output even without grouping.
If you switch the top item’s output format to PNG (Millions of
colours) then it will be able to show true variable transparency; the
translucent shadow will have true translucency.
The trouble lies with…
a) using graphics in layers AND
b) having content that requires transparency AND
c) needs better than GIF’s 1-bit transparency.
The solution, in a nutshell, lies in grouping, unlayering, or
changing the graphic format.
Any help?
k
I assume I can’t do this and I have to make the whole thing in photoshop.
If you made a graphic with translucent shadow in Photoshop and
imported it as part of your stack of graphics you’d have exactly the
same issue. If you made a merged composite graphic containing both
the shadow graphic and the underlying image or images, you’d be
making exactly the same final result as you would get with solution
(1) or (2) above.
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