Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-20 Thread yahvuu
On 19.10.2010 11:48, Ofnuts wrote: On 10/19/2010 11:32 AM, yahvuu wrote: On 11.10.2010 18:29, Chris Mohler wrote: On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick Horganphorg...@yahoo.com wrote: i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-19 Thread yahvuu
On 11.10.2010 18:29, Chris Mohler wrote: On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick Horganphorg...@yahoo.com wrote: i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when to use white. I think of it like illumination.

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-19 Thread Ofnuts
On 10/19/2010 11:32 AM, yahvuu wrote: On 11.10.2010 18:29, Chris Mohler wrote: On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick Horganphorg...@yahoo.com wrote: i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-11 Thread Chris Mohler
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Patrick Horgan phorg...@yahoo.com wrote: i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when to use white. I think of it like illumination. Cool. I think of it as a window or

[Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-10 Thread yahvuu
Hi, i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when to use white. Two contradicting examples which both seem to survive inside my head: - the (correct) math perspective: black equals zero, zero opacity means

Re: [Gimp-user] Layer masks: how do you memorize which color means opaque?

2010-10-10 Thread Patrick Horgan
On 10/10/2010 04:21 AM, yahvuu wrote: Hi, i'm curious how other people regard layer masks. In particular, which memory aids exist to remember when to use black and when to use white. I think of it like illumination. Black is no illumination, can't see a thing so it's transparent, white