minor irregularities?
Hi - I love C 1 but have noticed some irregularities...they may be due to a slow computer or my own lack of understanding, but has anyone experienced these?
The crop tool sometimes doesn't function, especially on the bottom of the image. it sometimes takes several attempts to draw the cropped line up from the bottom of the image.
Likewise the gradient mask works well from top down but not from bottom up. Shouldn't it also function from the bottom image up?
Finally I use the Color Picker to select a color and create a mask based on that color. it's fantastic when it works but many times I get no response, or a very different color responds when I go into local adjustments. That may well be because the color selection is too narrow or too wide, I'm not sure.
Any input is appreciated.
The crop tool sometimes doesn't function, especially on the bottom of the image. it sometimes takes several attempts to draw the cropped line up from the bottom of the image.
Likewise the gradient mask works well from top down but not from bottom up. Shouldn't it also function from the bottom image up?
Finally I use the Color Picker to select a color and create a mask based on that color. it's fantastic when it works but many times I get no response, or a very different color responds when I go into local adjustments. That may well be because the color selection is too narrow or too wide, I'm not sure.
Any input is appreciated.
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As far as the colour picker is concerned, you can preview what parts of the image will be affected. So you click on your colour on the image (I'm using the advanced colour editor) and then check the box for "view selected colour range". That should show all the rest of the image in greyscale, but your selected colour range stays in colour. If you find that some of the parts you had hoped to be selected have gone grey, then you need to drag the pie slice in the colour editor around until they are included. Only when you are happy with that should you choose "create masked layer from selection".
Ian0 -
Great tip Ian. I had known about that but haven't used it in a while just forgot. Thanks. 0 -
If highly accurate colour selection is really critical to what you are trying to do you need to look at all of the pixels available - which means viewing at 100%.
After that and assuming you are NOT always viewing at 100%, bear in mind that pixels are being discarded for smaller scale views. If you have large blacks or essentially the same dominant colour range the overall selection and appearance may not change much.
If you have something that is inherently a wide colour spread and well mixed (mid grey for example) that too will probably not change much with scaling.
But other combinations can look significantly different to the eye (or rather the brain) based on what can be displayed by the screen and the components that feed it.
Whether one should process for the needs of the full 100% or the reduced resolution that you may be planning for final output is something only the person editing can decide.
If the objective is for printed output then things may become even more complex.
Grant0 -
good to know Grant. Thank you! 0
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