Help! Blending is causing splotches! - SBB Digital Scrapbooking Forums | Scrapbook-Bytes

andyapc · #1 (**permalink**) 02-25-2005

I'm trying to create a blended look. I've attached a screenshot - how do I clean up the faces so that the backgrounds on the lower layers don't create splotches on the faces? I set the blending mode on my picture/mask to "overlay" and then I duplicated by picture/mask on a higher layer - the blending mode on that copy is normal. I've tried using the eraser tool on the lower layers but it's not working.

Is there something else I can do, or is it actually supposed to look this way??

rigdonia · #2 (**permalink**) 02-25-2005

Part of the process of blending is allowing part of the lower layer to show through. If you don't like that, try inserting a layer in between and painting a little just underneat the faces....

fox-myers · #3 (**permalink**) 02-25-2005

Another way to deal with the splotches is to remove the splotches from their layer with masks. I've done that when my BG is really 2 or more layers blended together. I just remove some of the splotches (or erase them with a really low opacity eraser)and let the other layer show through more.

HTH!