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Re: using a layer's threshold to create layer mask

by Troy Piggins <usenet-0804@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 28, 2008 at 10:01 PM

* Troy Piggins wrote:
> I have 2 exposures of a photo.  One with building exposed
> correctly but the sky blown out.  The other with the sky exposed
> but building too dark.  Want to use the second sky on the first
> building.
>
> Have both photos in different layers and want to create a layer
> mask to blend them.  I can do it manually, but thought that by
> using colours->threshold would be a good way of selecting the
> areas I want masked.
>
> Any tips?
>
> I duplicated the good sky shot and have it black and white by
> using threshold like what I want the layer mask to be, but can't
> get it into the layer mask other than just to use colour select
> and bucket fill.

Think I figured out a way.  I created a layer mask as a grayscale
of the image, then applied threshold to the grayscale layer mask,
then blurred it a little.

That how you'd do it?

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using a layer's threshold to create layer mask
Troy Piggins <usenet-0  2008-04-26 06:45:49 
Re: using a layer's threshold to create layer mask
Troy Piggins <usenet-0  2008-04-28 22:01:49 
Re: using a layer's threshold to create layer mask
"John K. Herreshoff&  2008-04-28 09:16:42 

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