Lesann Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Guys, For some reason I cannot think about how to make this work. I want some text to have the texture of water color paper, so I used SNU's paint textures. But then I also wanted it to have SNU's Fab watercolor colors on top and I can't make it work. I even tried two layers by duplicating one, then adding the fab watercolors on top...didn't work. Thoughts? Is it a blending mode I need to change? Hugs LA aka Leslie Ann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariJ Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Les, I'm not sure what program you are working in, but for me in PSE I'm pretty sure you have to "simplify" the layer you are trying to work with. Try Layer > Simplify Layer and see if that does the trick. Otherwise, hopefully someone else will come along! Good luck and fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesann Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 I'm using PS CS5 for this. Simplify which layer. The one with the pattern style or the above one with the color style? Thanks for your help. L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Leslie Ann, I'm not sure about PS, but in PSE 11 what works for me when I try to do this is to type my text, add the paint texture to the text layer, then duplicate that layer and add the Watercolor Fab style to the duplicate layer. Now simplify both layers (Sometimes I have to click simplify twice on each layer to get it to work, or go to the menu bar and choose Layer>Simplify Layer for each layer). Now with the top layer active, play with blending modes and opacity settings. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesann Posted May 23, 2016 Author Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Leslie Ann, I'm not sure about PS, but in PSE 11 what works for me when I try to do this is to type my text, add the paint texture to the text layer, then duplicate that layer and add the Watercolor Fab style to the duplicate layer. Now simplify both layers (Sometimes I have to click simplify twice on each layer to get it to work, or go to the menu bar and choose Layer>Simplify Layer for each layer). Now with the top layer active, play with blending modes and opacity settings. HTH Hi TeeCee, thanks for the tip. So far I can't find a way to simplify the layer unless in CS5, it's turning it into a smart object. I'll keep looking, but so far no luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Leslie Ann, I'm not sure about PS, but in PSE 11 what works for me when I try to do this is to type my text, add the paint texture to the text layer, then duplicate that layer and add the Watercolor Fab style to the duplicate layer. Now simplify both layers (Sometimes I have to click simplify twice on each layer to get it to work, or go to the menu bar and choose Layer>Simplify Layer for each layer). Now with the top layer active, play with blending modes and opacity settings. HTH Hi TeeCee, thanks for the tip. So far I can't find a way to simplify the layer unless in CS5, it's turning it into a smart object. I'll keep looking, but so far no luck. In PS I think it might be possibly Rasterize, I'm not sure though - maybe someone who has PS will come along with more info for you. In PSE 11, I right click on the layer and select Simplify Layer or go to the menu bar and select Layer>Simplify Layer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Showers Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Leslie Ann, I'm not sure about PS, but in PSE 11 what works for me when I try to do this is to type my text, add the paint texture to the text layer, then duplicate that layer and add the Watercolor Fab style to the duplicate layer. Now simplify both layers (Sometimes I have to click simplify twice on each layer to get it to work, or go to the menu bar and choose Layer>Simplify Layer for each layer). Now with the top layer active, play with blending modes and opacity settings. HTH Hi TeeCee, thanks for the tip. So far I can't find a way to simplify the layer unless in CS5, it's turning it into a smart object. I'll keep looking, but so far no luck. In PS I think it might be possibly Rasterize, I'm not sure though - maybe someone who has PS will come along with more info for you. In PSE 11, I right click on the layer and select Simplify Layer or go to the menu bar and select Layer>Simplify Layer. CS6 has the choice to Rasterize the Layer Style. Right click on the layer in the layers panel, and it is one of the choices. I skipped from CS4 to CS6, so I'm not sure when that option showed up. Rasterizing the layer with the style applied will usually work too. Holding down the shift key as you add more styles works, as long as the styles don't have the same options checked. If I have one style that uses a pattern overlay and I shift click to add a drop shadow, both styles will be applied to a layer. If both styles have a pattern overlay (or any other option in the styles panel) the second style you apply will overwrite the first - but only on the things that are the same. I'm kind of tired, so I hope that made sense. You can also create layers from the styles (each option ends up on its own layer) and use them independently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRS Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Yup, in CS5 it's called Rasterize. I was going to suggest holding the shift key to add more than one style to a layer, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyscrapalot Posted May 23, 2016 Share Posted May 23, 2016 Hi Leslie Ann, I'm not sure about PS, but in PSE 11 what works for me when I try to do this is to type my text, add the paint texture to the text layer, then duplicate that layer and add the Watercolor Fab style to the duplicate layer. Now simplify both layers (Sometimes I have to click simplify twice on each layer to get it to work, or go to the menu bar and choose Layer>Simplify Layer for each layer). Now with the top layer active, play with blending modes and opacity settings. HTH Hi TeeCee, thanks for the tip. So far I can't find a way to simplify the layer unless in CS5, it's turning it into a smart object. I'll keep looking, but so far no luck. In PS I think it might be possibly Rasterize, I'm not sure though - maybe someone who has PS will come along with more info for you. In PSE 11, I right click on the layer and select Simplify Layer or go to the menu bar and select Layer>Simplify Layer. CS6 has the choice to Rasterize the Layer Style. Right click on the layer in the layers panel, and it is one of the choices. I skipped from CS4 to CS6, so I'm not sure when that option showed up. Rasterizing the layer with the style applied will usually work too. Holding down the shift key as you add more styles works, as long as the styles don't have the same options checked. If I have one style that uses a pattern overlay and I shift click to add a drop shadow, both styles will be applied to a layer. If both styles have a pattern overlay (or any other option in the styles panel) the second style you apply will overwrite the first - but only on the things that are the same. I'm kind of tired, so I hope that made sense. You can also create layers from the styles (each option ends up on its own layer) and use them independently. Yup, in CS5 it's called Rasterize. I was going to suggest holding the shift key to add more than one style to a layer, too. Wow I didn't know that about holding the shift key to add more styles to a layer. Thanks for the tip ladies!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Does holding the shift key to add another layer style work in PSE as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted May 24, 2016 Share Posted May 24, 2016 Does holding the shift key to add another layer style work in PSE as well? Gayle, I'm using PSE 11 and it seems to work for some styles for me, but not all. HTH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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