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From: garygfx@cix.compulink.co.uk (Gary Fenton)
Subject: Re: painting on layers
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"Paul Davies" <capitol!davies@uunet.uu.net> wrote RE Photogenics:
>In addition to allowing the user to create and save as many as 16 seperate alpha
>channels per file, Photoshop 3 also allows you to paint on seperate transparent
>RGB layers. It's like painting on glass.
Photogenics lets you use 1 active alpha channel at a time, although you can
create hundreds at a time, only 1 can be active at once. And yes,
Photogenics works by using a transparent layer onto which the users paints
on to. This way you can "undraw" anything you've done without touching the
image underneath the paint. You can undraw only until you've "fixed" the
layer perminately - and even then you can still undo it!
>Let's say you're painting a scene. You can create your background on one layer,
>your middle elements on a second layer and your foreground elements on a third
>layer. You can then arrange and re-arrange elements on a layer without effecting
It only has 1 layer. But don't forget, Photogenics is only 2 months old and
is already on v1.1, so things can only get better for the future...
>That's what I mean by layers. If Photogenic does this, cool. If not I seriously
>doubt that it will be a strong contender for my affections and would advise
>people to do a bit more homework before doing product comparisons. :+)
Just because Photogenics doesn't do that specific multi-layers thing you
like it doesn't mean it's any less than Photoshop. Remember, Photogenics is
10x cheaper than Photoshop and requires far less RAM, and it's still a
"new" program. For the price (55UKP) it's a *damn good package* which makes
my LW stills/tmaps so much more "special".
>know what the buzz is about.
Yup, Photogenics is the main BUZZ in the UK at the mo. All the mags have
raved about it and it's future makes life on the Amiga much more exciting!
