Funk,

I will play around with your idea and post the results tomorrow.



Gcharb,

Thanks, will do.

Gcharb, Thanks you for that. Yeah, I guess I'm gonna have to take the apartment wall and double that layer. Then split it up. The real work will be making sure the door frames match up perfectly to one another (front layer, back layer, with character in-between). While also maintaining the subtle gr...

Haya, You are very generous in again taking the time to help me. So, it turns out -- once I really zoomed in close -- that the door frame itself is at a slight angle and displays "jaggies". That may explain why the mask is not able to perfectly blend with the door's outline. I got it to lo...

Haya, So I studied your file. And was able to get it to work with mine. It's 99 percent there, but does cut off the outline/stroke of the door. GCharb, You spoke of possible artifacts with the masking, I'm guessing the fact that it also masks the door's outline/stroke was part of it. i like your ide...

Thank you for that sample. Really appreciate it. I understand it's late in your neck of the woods. I will look over your sample and see if I can figure things out.

If not, I'm gonna' post the file for you to look at. Whenever you get the chance.

Happy Thanksgiving

Sorry about the GIANT images. I'll be sure to re-size in the future.

I did as you said, but did not achieve the desired results. Here is what is looks like before: http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc498/Butlog8/BeforeMask.jpg And here is after: http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc498/Butlog8/AfterMask.jpg It revealed the arm, but covered the apartment exterior.

Slowtiger,

But the apartment exterior and door is already one solid layer. How do I split it up? I can either stick the character behind it, or in front of it. Am I going to have to redo it. Could I send you the file to take a look at?

thanks

Ooops. It's sideways.

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I like both of your ideas, but still not sure if either will or will not work in my situation. Can someone tell me how to post an image. I looked around but can't seem to find anything other than the img tab which didn't allow me to upload or post an image. I think if I can show you guys than what I...

Hey everyone, I might have made a mistake, lol. So I built this apartment Exterior/facade. One characters steps up to the door and knocks, then another character opens it from the inside. I put the second character behind the "apartment exterior" layer as to give the impression that he's i...

Excellent! Thank you so much Jonbo!

Hello, I'm using the scatter brush for the first time. I want the "bubbles" to be white by default, but I can't find a way to do this. The default color is some shade of blue. I've tried highlighting all the "bubbles" with create shape tool and changing it to a white fill, but it...