Graphic Design Q From a Kind of Newbie.
Hey,
it boggles my mind how you do the following:
create images where seperate images kind of overlap eachother in a nice shading or shaded effect where you can see both images while they are overlapping.
anyone know how its done?
i dont really expect a full coverage answer so if you can direct me towards the term(s), or places i need to go to learn how to do this myself it would be appreciated, thanks.
p.s. im using 'Fireworks 4' and 'Flash 5' for design, but this isnt a flash question i dont think.
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Brian Farkas posted this at 03:13 — 17th May 2001.
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Hi,
I'm not totally sure how to do this in Fireworks, but this is how you would do it in photoshop:
http://www.eyeball-design.com/gfx_tutorial05.htm
You can either use the eraser tool as it says in the tutorial, or you can play around with gradients in quickmask mode...
rivimont posted this at 14:07 — 28th May 2001.
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Hey,
Maybe you have figured it out by now, but if not I think this will work.
In fireworks, insert the two images. Then click one of the imagesm and change its Opacity (not quite sure which menu its under). Try putting it at something like 40%. This means that the image will be 40% there and 60% see through (for lack of better wording). For the other image, set the opacity to a similar level. This should do the trick.
~Chris
The Webmistress posted this at 08:07 — 1st June 2001.
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Yeah, that'll do it. Open the layers control panel, click on the first image then use the slider on the panel to change the Opacity/Transparency number value.
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Brian Farkas posted this at 18:15 — 1st June 2001.
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OH, okay- I thought he was talking about two images overlapping, and just wanted the overlapping area to "blend" together. I didn't know he was talking about placing one image on top of the other. If this was what you're trying to do, then yes, opacity changes will work just fine.
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