AO burn / photoshop help needed

Eltrex06

ok so i got a new vid from eat3d, the highpoly bulldozer. ive been trying to use his render and photoshop methods but i've run into a snag i cant figure out i did it once but cant for the life of me replicate it lol


So according to him i take the AO, add the AO as an alpha. however every time i try adding it as an alpha it ends up giving me solid white and does nothing. doesnt help that it takes him quite literally 3 seconds to do the entire thing which is a bit fast for me to follow

to help with the context of what im doing after you add it as an alpha u invert it and ctr click to and use it as a mask for level adjustments, allowing you to burn a different color over your AO.

any help would be greatly appreciated

r_fletch_r

if you want to use it as a mask create a layer mask on a new layer and paste the map into it. to get directly into the mask alt click it and then do the paste op. anything in this layer will be masked by the AO map. its a great way of doing grime.

Eltrex06

ahhh so thats what my problem was i was pasting rather than past into crtl v vs crtl-shift v cool thanks laot