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    Antialias edges suggestions?

    Hmm... thank you of course... I am still hoping for some fresh ideas. You are right, Illustrator and InkScape do solve a lot of headaches with edges but even with them it is occasionally necessery to down-sample the output... following the same train of though it is possible to create vector...
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    Antialias edges suggestions?

    Dear Gurus, aliased edges is very common problem with graphics and Photoshop is #1 graphic editor. How do you approach the problem? I am aware of the following strategies: For pure black and white artwork - blur + contrast (Levels, Curves, etc) For full color - up-sample +...
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    Nebulae In Photoshop?

    You are right, Alien Skin Xenofex had some sort of cloud filter a while ago. Thank you for the video.
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    Nebulae In Photoshop?

    Is there a way to algorithmically create (no painting or brushes) Nebulae / Wispy Clouds effects in Photoshop. Random clouds and Difference Clouds filters can certainly create interesting patterns, but they are miles away from authentically looking clouds or nebulae. On the other hand several...
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    Smooth displacement effect

    Ok here is the link to Kai's article. I think the main issue with the displacement filter is its unintuitive approach in 2D - when used in 3D it is extremely popular, just think of Zbrush... One of interesting aspects of the filter is its somewhat fractal nature once it is used with plasma...
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    Smooth displacement effect

    Thank you SCTRWD. 1. Well, I realize that displacement filter just does it job and the issue is the absence of intermediary values in 8 bit channels, so 16-bit channels would significantly reduce the problem... but the darn thing does not work in 16 bit. 2. Without dithering the situation will...
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    Can you help explain how to achieve this effect?

    The above images have high contrast edges, so some sort of edge recognition filter or adjustment was used - High Pass filter and Shadow/Highlight or HDR Toning would be my prime suspects. Probably layer blending option sliders were used to apply just right range of values. I would use...
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    Smooth displacement effect

    Here we go. Please note the aliasing artifacts in the distorted image. I am looking for the way to produce image-based displacements with smooth edges.
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    Smooth displacement effect

    I am quite impressed with the help I got for my last post. Way to go Gurus! Let me try something harder: Filter > Distort > Displace is undervalued gem, yet it has significant drawback - the displacement does not interpolate between adjustment pixels. This shortcoming in combination with the...
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    I never though of using Apply Image for this, but that is a novel thought. Thank you.
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    This is the answer I was looking for! I am in the right forum. Bolshoe spasibo.
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    Thank you for your suggestions and correcting my mislabeling . Your solution with colorize option would certainly work, yet I am looking for general solution for fill layers, regular layers and groups - in essence I want be able to clip effects of one group with the content of another group...
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    Well, may be my explanations are confusing... Please recreate the following set up: Background Layer - 50% Gray. Above it Group 1 group with two transparent layers with 50% gray circle on each. Above it one Fill Color adjustment layer with 100% Red. I need this red color to apply to two gray...
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    Well, it works with some afjustments while not working with others - for example Levels work fine this way but Solid Color will not.
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    I think that is what I will have to do - build temporary masks for adjustment layers.
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    I guess my question is a bit confusing... I know how to group and link layers but what I am asking is how to make the whole layer group act as as a clipping layer for adjustment effects without resorting to flattening and masking... Thank you for the reply though....
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    Well, in a way that is what I am asking, is there a way to make the whole group to act as clipping layer...
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    Limiting effect / adjustment to transparent layer group?

    I am working with a lot of layers in PS and frequently I need certain adjustments to affect each transparent layer in the group without affecting any groups underneath. Is there a way to do so without resorting to masks? In other words is there a way to group adjustments with particular groups...
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