How I Stumbled Upon This Confusing Phrase
So yesterday I was scrolling through art forums when this term “grips of fading luminescence not counting” popped up in some digital painting tutorial comments. Nobody explained it properly – just dropped it like we’re all supposed to know. Got me scratching my head real hard.
My Step-by-Step Investigation Process
First I straight up Googled the whole phrase. Zero relevant results. Total dead end. Then I decided to break it down word by word like a puzzle:
- “Grips” made me think of physical handles or maybe camera grips
- “Fading luminescence” sounded like dimming light sources
- That “not counting” part? No freaking clue
Reached out to photographer buddies on Discord. One guy joked it’s when your camera battery dies during sunset shots. Funny but not helpful. Then I remembered an old Photoshop tutorial mentioning “grips” for tool presets. Bingo!
Checked my Photoshop workspace while fading a glow effect. Saw the tools panel has little icons called “tool grips” that don’t count toward document layers. Eureka moment! Here’s what the term actually means:
- Refers to non-printable UI elements
- Those tiny handle icons controlling light effects
- They vanish when exporting images
- Only appear during editing
Why This Matters For Digital Artists
Spent hours testing this across different software. Turns out in Adobe suite, when fading glows:
- Control handles aren’t rendered in final output
- They’ll still show in workspace previews
- Confused me before why my glowing layers looked different when exported
Now I save my glow presets with “_grip” in the name so I remember those handles exist but don’t mess up my workflow. Mystery solved!
