color fill layers
Okay, so I asked about opacities but I'm beginning to think my question might be symptomatic of a larger issue. So, lemme ask:
First off, I'm in Photoshop 7.
When I use a color fill layer, either as a real live "fill" layer set on "color" or, more often, just a colored rectangle or a gradient-colored rectangle set on "normal," I put it BELOW the image I'm colorizing, and then tweak the opacity/fill percentages of the image layer to let the color layer show through (or use eraser brushes on the image layer to let the color layer show through selectively).
I seem to be noticing that other folks put the fill layer *above* the image layer, and other folks seem to have more of a handle on the difference between the "opacity" and "fill" faders than I do, and I wonder if these two facts are related.
Have I been doing something wrong, putting the color layer *beneath* the image layer? I've tried putting it above but I'm so used to my usual technique -- and also I don't quite get the physics behind the *above* technique -- that I haven't been able to do anything with it.
Could someone explain a little more to me about the best use of color fill layers, and also the difference between the opacity and fill percentages?
THANK YOU!
First off, I'm in Photoshop 7.
When I use a color fill layer, either as a real live "fill" layer set on "color" or, more often, just a colored rectangle or a gradient-colored rectangle set on "normal," I put it BELOW the image I'm colorizing, and then tweak the opacity/fill percentages of the image layer to let the color layer show through (or use eraser brushes on the image layer to let the color layer show through selectively).
I seem to be noticing that other folks put the fill layer *above* the image layer, and other folks seem to have more of a handle on the difference between the "opacity" and "fill" faders than I do, and I wonder if these two facts are related.
Have I been doing something wrong, putting the color layer *beneath* the image layer? I've tried putting it above but I'm so used to my usual technique -- and also I don't quite get the physics behind the *above* technique -- that I haven't been able to do anything with it.
Could someone explain a little more to me about the best use of color fill layers, and also the difference between the opacity and fill percentages?
THANK YOU!