Quote Originally Posted by cinematik View Post
Is there a way to clean a layer “Depth” i.e. to clean up that underluing dept inside AR? What I've done is exported the image and imported it again into a new document and then applying new canvas settings produces expected result.
If after turning the lighting back On the paint depth now looks to much you may be able to "repair" it without leaving the painting.
In a similar approach to your solution, if you still want some of the original paint texture to show, but just not as much of it, you could try the following with either the whole painting or just specific layers;
1: Turn Off canvas lighting.
2: Now export the whole painting in the normal way. Or just specific layers by right clicking on a layer and choosing ‘Export Layer…’ from the popup. Make sure you export the layers as .png files as this will retain any areas of transparency.
3: Turn the Canvas Lighting back On.
4: Now import the layer/s you just exported one by one by going to; File > Import Image File To Layer...
If it was the whole painting put it at the top of the layers stack.
If specific layers within the painting, make sure you put each imported layer directly above the original layer that generated it.
5: For each imported layer, right click on it and choose; Bump Blend Modes > Replace.
6: Now adjust the layer’s opacity to allow the desired amount of paint texture from the layer/s below to show through.
7: When happy with how it looks, right click on the imported layer and choose; Merge Layer Down.