This should behave almost identical to a (single) desaturated layer in PS.Īlmost means that there are some restrictions, both „by design“ and by unfixed bugs. When the adjustment layer (for de-saturation) is open, lick 'merge' instead of apply. The basic trick: group both layers, and apply the blend mode to the group instead of the other layers. In case you want to use the desaturated result in additional edit steps. Handling 2 separate bitmap layers and adjustments layers Getting a desaturated layer (destructive workflow) vs It seems the main issue is the difference between Oh please oh please oh please … Prithee, envelop me in thy Secret Sauce which removeth Color from a layer so that it majickally becometh un Noir et Blanc (and the Blend Modes are still next door). Just do it, ’kay.’ … but if there is such a method, I haven't yet found it. In a perfect world, there should be a way to electronically tell the ware ‘Hey! I want the color removed from this layer. HSL appears to be as close as I can get to where I want to be, but it's half-a-league, half-a-league as regards color removal with xparency FX and blend modality intact. Insofar as experimenting with other FX (live or not), I continue to come up empty. At that point, any ‘finesse’-ness is gone.Īdjustments made to the Child mask layer do not play nice with the Parent layer above. When the HSL FX are applied as the CHILD layer (a/k/a 'mask'), it's a whole ’nuther story. If HSL FX is applied as a PARENT layer, it functions marginally well. I've tried the HSL panel with spotty results.

Please ’splain me where I can find a simple equivalent of the Photoshop command Layer > Desaturate to remove color from a layer so that it becomes black and white and still responsive to Blend Modes. Today’s Big Question: How You Desaturate Dem Layer What Got Dem Color In It, Hah?Ī simple question asked by a Simple Mind. ¡Hola, amigos! Yo soy – ? – ‘bien’ ? That's close enough for government work, right? Right.

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