New Class Alert! Selections and Masks in Photoshop with Dave Cross
Join Dave Cross for a class about all things masks and selections! We’re so excited to dive in and teach you about these widely used tools.
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Tag: Masking
Tip Tuesday: Better Masks Without Pinholes
Have you ever used the selection tools in Photoshop to create a mask, only to see that your cutout...
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Say Goodbye to Painting Masks By Hand
by Kristina Sherk
“Work smarter, not harder.” Anyone who has watched my KelbyOne courses knows this is my mantra, and I honestly live by these words. It’s important to not only keep up with the latest gear but it’s also just as important to spend time growing your knowledge of the software that you already subscribe to and use on a daily basis. The better you know the software (or hardware) you already own, the easier you’ll work, and the more proficient you’ll become. You can have all of the newest gear in the world, but if you don’t know how to use it, you won’t be a good photographer. (Sorry to all those gear heads out there whose bubble I just busted.)
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Advanced Masking Workflow
By Scott Valentine
Some of the most popular Photoshop tutorials involve selections and masking. There are entire books dedicated to this topic, some written by your favorite authors. (I got my start with masking by watching Katrin Eismann teach at Photoshop World.) Most of these books focus on photographic masking, and go from manual, painted selections to using image information with a few tweaks from adjustments and filters, which is incredibly powerful. Let’s look at how to isolate your mask for robust, detailed editing. In the end, you’ll have a seriously flexible way to work with complex masks using nearly everything Photoshop has to offer.
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Selecting Hair Using the Select And Mask Workspace
By Lesa Snider
Hair and objects with soft edges are among the most difficult items to select, but the new Select and Mask workspace is built for that task. In this column, you’ll learn how to use it to refine a selection of a subject with curly hair in order to swap in a more colorful background.
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