I have a question regarding the Dissolve Blend Mode on PSE 4. In my photo, Painted Whale,
http://www.prestophoto.com/photos/image/855921/19834, I created the outer frame by bluring the background, created a gradient map adjustment layer above it using a green gradient. I then changed the blend mode of the gradient adjustment layer to dissolve. I then changed the opacity of that adjustment layer to about 50%. This gave me a very interesting frame, but I could not get the JPEG photo to look the same, no matter what I tried. Just saving the photo as a JPEG, I got the photo that is posted in my gallery, which is still quite pleasing, but different than how the psd file appears on screen. I tried merging all layers (Ctrl / Alt / Shift + E), but the effect changed in the same way. Also tried to merge only the adjustment layer and the blured photo below, but again the same change took place. As I said, the final effect is OK, but not what I was expecting based on the psd file.
Does anyone have any tutorials explaining how to use the dissolve mode so that what you see is what you get?
Joe
http://www.prestophoto.com/photos/image/855921/19834, I created the outer frame by bluring the background, created a gradient map adjustment layer above it using a green gradient. I then changed the blend mode of the gradient adjustment layer to dissolve. I then changed the opacity of that adjustment layer to about 50%. This gave me a very interesting frame, but I could not get the JPEG photo to look the same, no matter what I tried. Just saving the photo as a JPEG, I got the photo that is posted in my gallery, which is still quite pleasing, but different than how the psd file appears on screen. I tried merging all layers (Ctrl / Alt / Shift + E), but the effect changed in the same way. Also tried to merge only the adjustment layer and the blured photo below, but again the same change took place. As I said, the final effect is OK, but not what I was expecting based on the psd file.
Does anyone have any tutorials explaining how to use the dissolve mode so that what you see is what you get?
Joe