Understanding: Adobe Photoshop

7. Layer Masking When working in Photoshop, you'll often need to combine multiple images together into a new composite image. Those original images, however, may have backgrounds or objects that you no longer want. This is where Layer Masks ...

Layer Mask Essentials [View full size image] In this chapter, we'll revisit several techniques we harnessed in Chapter 5, "Selection Tools and Techniques." This is because masks generally start as a selection, which is then attached to ...

Mask Creation Strategies There are many different approaches to creating Layer Masks. The approach you should take will vary based on your source image. Let's try four different images and techniques to refine our Layer Masking ability. Using...

Refining Masks So by now, you should be feeling more comfortable making Layer Masks. However, there's always room for improvement (at least where masks are concerned). Let's take a look at three ways to refine or adjust a mask. Choking a Mask w...

Advice on Masks Layer Masking and Advanced Selections go hand-in-hand. The more you practice one, the easier both will get. New users often lapse and are drawn back to features like the Eraser tools or the Extract command. While these may seem eas...