Presets Support > Question About Layer Mask
Mike,
Thanks, glad you're enjoying them!
I haven't ever gone into detail on how I do them, but the process is fairly convoluted. Basically I create a new Library (for safety and to make it easy to find the masks), paint a dummy mask on a photo in the adjustment I want to have a mask on, open the Package, dig into the masks and find the dummy mask, open that in Photoshop and paint/paste the new mask in. Save, close package, open Library, and there you go. Then I save it as a preset and export!
You can't mess with the exported preset packages, so this is the only way (that I've found) to do it.
-Joseph @ApertureExpert
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December 21, 2011 |
Joseph Linaschke
Joseph Linaschke
Hi Joseph -
Love your presets and the site!
I'm starting to understand the concept behind the custom layer masks...but I can't seem to find any info about how those custom masks are actually created / imported into aperture. Any suggested reading?
If I'm asking the magician to reveal his tricks I'll understand if you can't answer :-)
Thanks,
Mike