How to mask/darken lower floor?

blckassn

I'm building a small, multi-floor castle where I created a central courtyard. I want the courtyard to be visible on all levels of the map, but as you go higher it becomes less visible. Basically I want to mask a lower level either lightly or heavily depending on how high you are. Examples:

On floor 2 there will be a light gray mask on Floor 1.

On floor 3 there will be a light gray mask on floor 2, and a dark gray mask on floor 1.

I tried to do a search but couldn't find what I was looking for. Would this be easier to do in CC3 or should I do this in something like GIMP? Any suggestions?

Loopysue

This is relatively easy either way. In CC3 all you need to do is add a sheet between the things you want to fade/blur and the things you don't, and then draw a rectangle covering the whole map on that sheet using either black or white depending on whether you want it to fade to white or black, then add a Transparency sheet effect to that new sheet and set the opacity to the level you want for the degree of fading.

blckassn

Wonderful thanks Sue, that really was easy! And I can create multiple sheets with varying levels of transparency to help show what level everything is on. Another tool for the tool belt!

Loopysue

You're welcome