Photoshop : Select and mask
Making good and precise selections and masking elements are one of the most important and hardest techniques in photoshop. This is where a lot of people struggle and always doesn't get the results they would like.
Photoshop : Select and mask -workshop gives you all the needed techniques and tools so you can isolate pretty much any element from the background.
Welcome to the world of masking along with internationally awarded retoucher / digital artist Antti Karppinen
Photoshop : Select and mask
Making selections and masking is definitely one of the most important techniques when retouching images. Usually simple elements are easy to separate from the background but what about transparencies, hair, fur and other fine details. These are the places where the problems usually starts and you don't get the results you need.
In this workshop we will go through all the needed techniques that will help you cut out pretty much any element from the background so you are able to replace that.
With these techniques your retouching process will be faster and you will save time and your nerves and your images will look much more polished.
You will learn :
All the basic tools to make selections
How to use and mask Adjustment -layers
How to make color or contrast based selections
How to use Select and mask -tool
How to mask hair, fur and other transparencies
Powerful tool Blend IF
And various PRO TIPS from a working pro
Photoshop : Select and mask
Basics of selecting and masking
What are masks and selections. How to use them?
Basic tools of making selections
All the basic tools to make different kind of selections and how to modify them
Special selections
Color or contrast based selection tools and how to use them
Select and mask tool
You will learn how to use powerful tool of select and mask that will speed up your process
Hair and transparencies
How to mask hair and other transparencies with different techniques.
Blend if
What is Blend If? You will learn how to use this powerful tool to mask certain elements in your picture.
Pro tips
You will learn various tips and tricks for masking from a working pro. How to mask glass, use blending modes, isolate shadows and how to use luminosity masks.
Full Workshop Content (2 hours 20min)
Introduction
- What are selections and masking and how to use them.
Basic tools
- How to make selections
- Different tools for making selections
- Modifying selections
Masking adjustment -layers
- How to edit only a part of the image by using adjustment layers
Color and contrast based tools for making selections
- Magic Wand
- Quick Selection Tool
- Select Subject
- Color Range
Select and Mask -tool
Hair and other transparencies
- How to mask hair and other transparencies
- Select and Mask -tool
- How to get rid of fringing
- Masking with Channels
Blend If
- Powerful tool Blend If
PRO TIPS
- Masking glass
- Shifting the mask edge
- Blending modes
- Isolating shadows
- Luminosity masks
About Antti
Antti is internationally awarded Digital artist / commercial photographer / educator from Finland. He belongs to a new generation of image artisans, to whom all things are possible.
Main merits include World Photographic Cup (WPC) gold medal in illustrative category and FEP Golden camera also from illustrative category. He has been touring with his workshops all over Europe and his images and tutorials has been published in various blogs and magazines.
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Your class will play in any modern browser and will be available with mobile and desktop users.
You can also download each section to your own computer for Offline watching.