[Patrickmerrill]

If I understand your question…just right-click the layer’s thumbnail and click Select Layer Transparency. Which is ironic because it doesn’t really select the layer’s transparency, but rather the inverse of the transparency.

[Patrickmerrill]

I would recommend using lots of blueish tones in your images. Make the images appear as though they were taken in some sort of unnatural blue night – as far as photography, I would recommend some shots of the tops of naked trees. Also, have fun with the lighting effects (Filter > Render > Lighting Effects…).

I once attempted to make a short movie based off of a poem entitled “The Erlking,” (Google it, its a neat poem) and there was lots of blue, a few motion blurs, and my “Erlking” guy was set to Screen mode or not completely opaque.