Minners and Jim
I tried both of your directions.
I followed all of minners instructions and here is where I am at.
Steps I followed:
1. Opened dirt path picture in PDN (this is now background) and it is checked on
2. Added a new layer (that is now on top of background), its highlighted and checked on
3. Highlighted area of dirt, set tolerance to 67, filled in just dirt area
4. Went to Adjustments>hue/Saturation and moved the slider bar all the way to the left. Dirt path is now black
5. I hit Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C
6. Unchecked layer 2 (this layer on top) and ran alphamask
7. Now see under layers, Layer 2 is checked on, shows my dirt path in black with checkerboard background
8. Background layer is below layer 2 shows my dirt path with checkerboard background
Jim: I followed your instructions and now see Layer 2 (black path) checked on, checkerboard background, and on top. Below that is my dirt path, checked on with checkerboard background. On the bottom is my brick pattern, black path outline is in the center and it is checked on. I'm stuck. Dont know what happened to my backgound picture with the car next door showing etc.
Minners: Tried your instructions. Got the brick picture showing under layers all by itself. In the upper right corner of PDN, I show with a yellow star on the top left, my black path outline with checkerboard background and next to it my brick patter with a yellow star in upper left corner.. Now I am stuck again.
Sorry guys for being such a pain. Been wanting to learn PDN for a long time and how to do things like this.
Eric