Masks can be used to temporarily hide a region of a layer without the need for deleting it. They're yet another flexible way of removing an element from an image without permenantly changing or losing information leaving us able to bring it back anytime we want. In part 1, I'll answer the question 'what are masks?' by showing you them in action and giving a few varied examples.
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colour, eraser tool, free, free transform, gradient tool, layer mask, photoshop cs3, rainbow, screen blending mode, Special Effects, video tutorial
Learn how to create a rainbow in Photoshop and blend it into a photograph to give the impression the rainbow was there when the image was captured. This technique uses the gradient tool to add the actual rainbow, and then demonstrates use of the eraser and masks to conceal the rainbow from the foreground elements, before blending the effect into the photograph with some basic, yet always reliable blend modes.
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adjustment layer, beginner's guide to photoshop elements, brightness, colour, Commands / Tools, contrast, free, highlights, hue/saturation comand, layer mask, levels command, midtones, Photographic, photoshop elements 6, saturate, shadows, video tutorial
At first glance, it may seem that we’re revisiting the same things we looked at way back when we explored the Quick Fix mode, but on second glance, we’re correcting the same problems only this time with way more accuracy, detail and control.
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brightness, channels, CMYK, colour sampler tool, colour wheel, Commands / Tools, contrast, eyedropper tool, free, guide to levels, highlights, histogram, layer mask, levels command, midtones, neutral colours, opacity, Photographic, photoshop cs3, RGB, shadows, skin tones, swatches, video tutorial
With one foot inside the CMYK colour space but the other firmly rooted to RGB land we begin to harness the power of number-based skin tone adjustments using the colour sampler tool and the levels command. Altogether a more involved but highly rewarding way to work that's employed by studios and portrait professionals around the world.
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banding, brightness, channels, clipping, Commands / Tools, contrast, custom keyboard shortcuts, eyedropper tool, free, guide to levels, highlights, histogram, layer mask, levels command, masking, midtones, Photographic, photoshop cs3, posterize, posterize command, set black point, set grey point, set white point, shadows, video tutorial
The eyedropper tools inside levels have the ability of setting specific values for specific pixels which is ideal when adjusting shadows, midtones and highlights. In the honour of levels we'll look at the eyedroppers and the theory of posterization followed by a full blown creative party as we play with those aforementioned eyedroppers, avoid the party-pooper that lives by the name of colour banding, and perform a very special party trick by transforming the grey eyedropper into a colour replacement tool. Doesn't time fly when you're having fun!!
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adjustment layer, brightness, channels, Commands / Tools, contrast, free, guide to levels, highlights, histogram, layer mask, levels command, masking, midtones, non destructive, Photographic, photoshop cs3, shadows, video tutorial
In the world of non-destructive image editing with the levels command - the adjustment layer is king. Sitting at the top of the layers palette it gracefully and parametrically controls every pixel below it, and when used in combination with its equally powerful ally the luminance mask it becomes a true Photoshop force to be reckoned with.
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clouds filter, code, font, free, glowing edges filter, grain filter, hue/saturation comand, layer mask, matrix text, motion blur filter, neon glow filter, outer glow, photoshop cs2, Text Effects, text tool, video tutorial
In this tutorial I'll demonstrate two popular methods of creating a matrix style backdrop and adding larger text to the foreground. The first method involves the use of a text editor and layer masks, while the second only uses filters and colour adjustments - and is therefore probably better suited to Photoshop Elements users. The matrix fonts can be found below in the support files. Unfortunately, the image showing the backdrop of code hasn't come out too good in the video tutorial, but I can assure you - it is there! Good luck.
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