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Gray Layer for Dodge & Burn is STUPID!

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[ad_1] Just a couple days ago I created a video on dodging and burning on a 50% gray layer now this my friend is not a new technique this technique has been used for years and decades if not more but after creating the video by the way the video is titled high end skin retouching Just by using two layers and the second layers for dodging and burning I came across this comment from Andrew McCarty thank you so much entry if you're watching this thank you so much for waking me up alright so andrew says and this is very interesting guys andrew says so I have Always wondered why it's recommended to fill the dodging burn layer with 50% gray interesting isn't it why not just keep the layer transparent so you can use the eraser tool seems way more convenient and I don't see the upside of filling it with gray any thoughts Well this is one of the most brilliant questions have come across and it made me think has the Photoshop industry been stupid for so long maybe have t...

#NoPlaceToHide...for Silly Concepts Like Backdooring Finish-To-Finish Encryption and Undermining Privateness-MyCyberBase

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[ad_1] Govt makes an attempt to weaken cryptography to permit normal surveillance don't seem to be new: they date again no less than to the 1993 Clipper chip . In a similar fashion, claims that kids can be harmed through robust cryptography additionally return a few years. When Apple bolstered encryption on its telephone in 2014, the executive of detectives for Chicago’s police division stated: “ Apple will become the phone of choice for the pedophile. ” Nevertheless, even in opposition to that background of continuous assaults, the United Kingdom govt’s try to use ethical and emotional blackmail to weaken end-to-end (e2e) encryption is impressive in its wrongheadedness. As a part of its #NoPlaceToHide marketing campaign, it has introduced a new site . Even supposing no longer discussed through identify, the central worry is over Fb’s plans to add e2e encryption to Messenger and Instagram , one thing that the United Kingdom’s House Secretary described as “ not acceptable ...