Photoshop Help

Discussion in 'Photoshop' started by Blogsip, Jan 6, 2009.

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    I'm trying to follow this tutorial, but it is not turning out right for me. The problem is my illumination does not look like the one in the tutorial. The white is to bright, and you can tell that it is within a rectangle because it does not fade into the background; the rectangle's background is lighter than the main background.

    Here are the steps I'm taking in CS3:
    1. New Document with the following settings:
    Preset: Custom
    Width: 845 px
    Height: 900 px
    Resolution: 72 pixels/inch
    Color Mode: RGB Color 8 Bit
    Background Contents: White

    2. I color the background #151616.

    3. I select the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle.

    4. I change the fill of the layer with the rectangle to 0%.

    5. I change the settings of the gradient to match that of the tutorial.
     
    Blogsip, Jan 6, 2009 IP
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    freebanner Active Member

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    #2
    u did not set the gradiant overlay opacity to 27%
     
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    Blogsip Well-Known Member

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    Where do you get 27% from? Even with that change I still get the rectangle effect where it does not fade into the background and you can see the rectangle.
     
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    post a screenshot of what your getting so we can compare. Maybe the tutorial has a bug in it. It does seem like a white into transparent gradient like that set at around 76% would be too bright, it should be set to about 15-25%

    here is one i did a while back with a similar effect:

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