Opacity masks in CS2

Started by Zimmy3, February 01, 2008, 08:30:46 AM

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Zimmy3

February 01, 2008, 08:30:46 AM
How and why would someone put an opacity mask on this gradient.
When I release the mask,I don't see a difference.

These objects with opacity masks are dropping out when I run tickets through Backstage.(ESKO)
Because it feels good !

Joe

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February 01, 2008, 10:31:55 AM Last Edit: February 01, 2008, 10:33:42 AM by Joe
Looks to me like they did it so the gradient would overprint the background ("multiply" adds the gradient to the values already present underneath) which is unnecessary since they could have just set the gradient to the values they wanted to achieve. At least that is my best guess.

What happens if you change "multiply" to normal?
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Zimmy3

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February 01, 2008, 10:34:09 AM
Quote from: Joe  link=topic=1086.msg11928#msg11928 date=1201883515Looks to me like they did it so the gradient would overprint the background ("multiply" adds the gradient to the values already present underneath) which is unnecessary since they could have just set the gradient to the values they wanted to achieve. At least that is my best guess.
But,you can set something to Multiply with out using a opacity mask,eh?
Because it feels good !

Joe

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February 01, 2008, 10:40:34 AM
Yeah. Too many ways to do things and designers find a way to use the least likely.
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