Re: using a (grayscale) image as a layer mask

In article <yTpTe.8063$9i4.6137@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Dave" <dave268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> One thing I don't understand. If I do a copy merged and then paste so as to
> create a new image, it looks exactly
> the same until I flatten image at which time the appearance changes quite a
> lot. The background layer becomes much more prominant and the masked aspect
> less prominant. I fear this may not be an adequate discription. I can only
> hope you have an idea of what I'm talking about. Is there a way to prevent
> this appearance shift when flattening image ?

Zoom in to 100% on your monitor. Does it still seem to change? Often,
when you are zoomed out, flattening an image might seem to change the
appearance because of a quirk in the way Photoshop renders layers when
you're zoomed out. If you zoom in to 100%, you should see no change.

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