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help with the tutorial its old and options are not working


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Jason Lister

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this was made like 3 years ago so im assuming that an update in Photoshop makes this not work anymore but
on step 3 i can do this part:
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Create a new Layer and call it "Near Edge", put this layer under the Top Surface layer.
 With this new layer selected and active, Ctrl + Click on the "Top Surface" image icon, this will select the Top surface.
but it is impossible to do this part as its grayed out only way to do this is to select the quick selection tool then click on marquee then you can right click on save selection
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Go to Select / Save Selection, Choose "Save as a new channel" and name it "top".
Make sure the "Near Edge layer is still selected (Highlited) and then   select any marquee tool. Now you can move the selection with the arrow   keys.

Deleted sentence as it was just plain rude.

Inkz

Step 1



Ok after we create our image using this background the first thing I do is duplicate the background three times.
I name the layers starting at the bottom; "Background", "Near Edge Refraction", "Top Surface Refraction", and "Far Edge Refraction".
Then I click the eye icon and turn off all three "Refraction" layers, we will use those later to bend a little light.
And, Let's Highlight our Background layer and click on the little lock icon to protect the background layer so we don't accidentally draw on it.


Step 2

On the color pallet I select a light/med blue as my foreground color. My choice was #008caf.
Select your top layer (should be the Far Edge Refraction layer) so that the new layer will be created at the top of the stack.
Click on the New Layer icon and name this new layer "Top Surface".
Then use the pen tool and just click out a few points to create the outline of the piece of glass.
Right click and select Fill Path, when the dialog box opens just click OK to use the Blue foreground color.
Set the opacity for this layer to 70% and set the Fill to about 30%.


Step 3
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Create a new Layer and call it "Near Edge", put this layer under the Top Surface layer.
With this new layer selected and active, Ctrl + Click on the "Top Surface" image icon, this will select the Top surface.
Go to Select / Save Selection, Choose "Save as a new channel" and name it "top".
Make sure the "Near Edge layer is still selected (Highlited) and then select any marquee tool. Now you can move the selection with the arrow keys.
tap the down arrow 8 or 10 times. you will see the selection moving but the "Top Surface" Should not be moving along with it.
Save the selection again in this new position (we'll need it in a few mins. Save as a new channel and call it "Shifted".
Now go back to Select / Load Selection and choose "Top" in the channel drop down selection, choose "Subtract From Selection" and click OK.
This will delete the "Top" selection from the selections current position and leave you with a small selection which will become your "Near Edge".
Now select the pen tool and we need to fix the ends of this "Near Edge" Selection where they don't meet the "Top Surface" correctly.
Using the pen tool create the two small triangle (in the blown up sections of this image to connect the corners of the "Near Edge" with the corners of the "Top Surface".
Then right click on either triangle and select "Make Selection", when the dialog appears put a check in the "Add to Selection" option and click OK.
Our "Near Edge" selection now meets up with the "Top Surface" Correctly.
Use the Bucket tool to flood fill this selection with the same Blue (#008caf) color.
Set the Opacity to 75% and set the Fill to 90%.
 
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Hey Jason, is this exactly as the entire tutorial appears by the original author?


EDIT: Is this the TUTORIAL?
 
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yes thats it i cant get the top edge or bottom edge using the channels i move it down and have no small selection which will become your "Near Edge". i dont know if its broken or if im doing it wrong
 
Ok, hold on I'm working on it!


Jason, I can't help you if you don't reply to me.
 
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yes thats it i cant get the top edge or bottom edge using the channels i move it down and have no small selection which will become your "Near Edge". i dont know if its broken or if im doing it wrong
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I asked you two specific questions which you did not answer. I deleted the post when you did not answer! Refresh your page every minute.

Nevermind the questions! Let's walk through this.

Create a new Layer and call it "Near Edge", put this layer under the Top Surface layer.

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With this new layer selected and active, Ctrl + Click on the "Top Surface" image icon, this will select the Top surface.

View attachment 30619

Go to Select / Save Selection, Choose "Save as a new channel" and name it "top".

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Make sure the "Near Edge layer is still selected (Highlited) and then select any marquee tool. Now you can move the selection with the arrow keys.

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.01.08 AM.png

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.01.26 AM.png

Save the selection again in this new position (we'll need it in a few mins. Save as a new channel and call it "Shifted".

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.03.04 AM.png
 
Now go back to Select / Load Selection and choose "Top" in the channel drop down selection, choose "Subtract From Selection" and click OK.

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.04.55 AM.png

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.05.04 AM.png

Let me know if this works to this point!
 
see that does not work for me if i select both layers top and edge i can only use the marquee tool and then it only does a square and not the shape here i will make a video for you and show you what i mean
 
Ok, I got ya!

Here's what your layers panel should look like before this last step. Only highlight the "Near edge layer"

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.09.42 AM.png

You should only have the "shifted" top surface selected......with marching ants.

Screen Shot 2013-04-03 at 11.01.26 AM.png

Your not supposed to use the actual marquee tool for anything. You could now have any other tool selected!
 
Not sure what your last post was........you can now post links.
 
no i had to cheat replace (dot) with a period and place that in ur browser it will take you to my youtube video that i made
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Ok, from the video.............you highlighted both the top surface and the new layer.......only highlight the new layer or the near edge glass layer.
 
Hey Jason................is it working now? Let me know!
 
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