
Is the gradient mask where you click 'new layer mask' an then draw on it ith varying shades of grey to show through the layer underneath? I've not quite got the hang of layer masks just yet...
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Mon 14 Jul 2008, 11:29,
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just use the gradient tool (same place as the fill tool) on the layer mask
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Mon 14 Jul 2008, 11:34,
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and the varying shades of grey is the gradient fill tool...in fact, towards the very top of the fish bit i'd have a layer of scales bump mapped (displaced) slightly under the womans skin so it looked like fleshy scales, then fading into the fish with the layer mask.
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Mon 14 Jul 2008, 11:35,
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