[Idea]: Transparency Shapes Layer

[Vivi_Ram]

Hello: I am requesting Photoshop's Transparency Shapes Layer, which is a feature within the Blend-If dialogue box I use frequently to create realistic lens flares, hotspots and specular highlights in my advertisement work. It will make life a lot easier. Here it is for your reference: https://youtu.be/73IriW5ieUA?t=88

[Hoogo]

I watched that, but it gave me no idea what it does.

[der_fotograf]

I can achieve the identical effect as shown in the video with PL without any problem. Even with multiple transparent layers, different shapes and colors, grouped or ungrouped, can be moved freely and altered in intensity.

[Vivi_Ram]

I can achieve the identical effect as shown in the video with PL without any problem. Even with multiple transparent layers, different shapes and colors, grouped or ungrouped, can be moved freely and altered in intensity.

Please could you explain how you achieved the effect?

@Hoogo: In PS, you can independently control layer opacity and layer fill.

The "Transparency Shapes Layer" option in Photoshop determines whether layer effects and knockouts are restricted to the opaque (non-transparent) parts of a layer. When checked (the default), effects are confined to the shape's visible pixels; when unchecked, effects can extend beyond the shape's boundaries across the entire layer. This is useful for advanced control when working with complex layer styles, masks, and blending modes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo5m-vMXfvw - This is an exhaustive explanation.

To make it even simpler, Transparency Shapes Layer allows you to use the layer's opacity to determine how adjustments, styles and blending modes work.

Hope this helps.

[der_fotograf]

Since no one ever says thank you here, I've decided to stop posting instructions.

[Vivi_Ram]

In fact, all of the advanced blending options in PS are extremely useful timesavers.

https://www.panosfx.com/templates/yooth ... fbaf3.webp - I'd love to see them in PL at some point in the future. Maybe 26? Both year and version?