Dustpaw@Antonia Bayle wrote: Sure thing! I chose "Dodge" for the dark hair because it provides greater contrast while utilizing and enhancing the underlying hair color. On the dark-haired images above, "Dodge" was the blend mode that gave me what I felt was the most realistic sheen. On light hair, "Dodge" was way too intense, even at lowered opacity. Dustpaw@Antonia Bayle wrote: Mostly because the two layers are different. The bottom layer contains the overall shine, while the top layer provides more intense highlights in certain areas. Using them both at 100% would have been too harsh, and merging them into one layer wouldn't have given me the "blend mode-on-blend mode" intensity I was looking for in the highlights. Dustpaw@Antonia Bayle wrote: Well, I wrote the tutorial for PSP9; in PSP9, the steps can be followed verbatim. If you (collective, not specific) are using a different program, it's a given that some steps will have to be changed, added, or omitted depending on the program you're using. I leave it up to the user to determine their own comfort level when it comes to altering the tutorial to suit their needs. Of course, if someone wanted to translate any of my tutorials so they can be used with another program, they're more than welcome to do so as long as they provide a link to the original tutorial on my website. Dustpaw@Antonia Bayle wrote: You're quite welcome! I enjoy doing them, and if they inspire the people who read them, that's even better.
