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Adobe Photoshop 5.5 to 6 SETUP
Adobe Photoshop 5.5 to 6
1 AdvantEdge functions on Layers, so the first step is to convert the "Background" into a "Layer":
Double click on the "Background" layer, and a "New Layer" dialog box opens, with "Layer 0" highlighted.
If you like this name, simply click "OK" to accept. You can change the name of the layer at any time in
Photoshop. Notice that you now have "Layer 0" in the Layer List.
2 From the Filters menu choose: Filters->Ultimatte->AdvantEdge The AdvantEdge interface will be
launched.
3 Since Photoshop 6 and earlier only allow a filter to act on one layer, you must import the background,
clean plate (if available), garbage matte and holdout matte from within the AdvantEdge interface. Do
this by clicking on or click on More and then the Inputs tab. The Inputs palette will appear:
In this example, the Clean Plate
is being used.