Question about the Lighting Effects video

[rmartin]

I had a problem with this video in the subscribers area. It's the one with the large blue S in the picture.

Lighting Effects
Feb. 17, 2006
Using the lighting effects filter

I ran into a problem when finished. The test is locked on a background layer. I need to move my text to another image. That wouldn't be a problem if I had just one letter, but I have several letters, words even. That makes using selection tools more intense, and it makes the video a good teaching aid, but rather unpractical from an application standpoint. Is there something I'm missing?

[Wendy]

Hi ...

If you go back to the Video you will see that the effect is done on a copy of the letter without the background. When Matt tells you to do Control J that copies the letter to the layer above and because the selection is still active then no background is copied.

Take a look at Matt's layer palette and you will see what I mean :)

Wendy

[rmartin]

Are you sure? there is a part where you merge with the background. I went back and seperated the layer, but it leaves something behind on the background.

I'm off to re-watch it now

[rmartin]

grrr.......arrg!

I did something wrong. My layers pallete doesn't look like his at the end. Man, I spent three hours on that last night.......oh well.........starting over

[Wendy]

Hi ...

I think you may have missed the Control J part ..

Wendy

[rmartin]

No, I did the control J part, but I think I merged the layer with the background layer. When i go back to try and edit, I can seperate the layer from the background, but it leaves a ghost type image behind on the background layer. I think it's part of the effect of lifting the text of the screen.

[Wendy]

Hi ...

Oh no ... it sounds like you may have to do it again :(

Wendy