Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
Lesson 26 from: Adobe Photoshop: The Complete Guide BootcampBen Willmore
Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
Lesson 26 from: Adobe Photoshop: The Complete Guide BootcampBen Willmore
Lesson Info
26. Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
Lessons
Introduction To Adobe Photoshop
04:05 2Bridge vs. Lightroom
06:39 3Tour of Photoshop Interface
18:21 4Overview of Bridge Workspace
07:42 5Overview of Lightroom Workspace
11:21 6Lightroom Preferences - Saving Documents
08:19 7How To Use Camera Raw in Adobe Photoshop 2020
05:10 8Overview of Basic Adjustment Sliders
13:09Developing Raw Images
30:33 10Editing with the Effects and HLS Tabs
09:12 11How to Save Images
03:37 12Using the Transform Tool
04:48 13Making Selections in Adobe Photoshop 2020
06:03 14Selection Tools
05:55 15Combining Selection Tools
07:37 16Using Automated Selection Tools
17:34 17Quick Mask Mode
05:07 18Select Menu Essentials
21:28 19Using Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020
13:00 20Align Active Layers
07:29 21Creating a New Layer
06:15 22Creating a Clipping Mask
03:02 23Using Effects on Layers
11:24 24Using Adjustment Layers
16:44 25Using the Shape Tool
04:39 26Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
04:39 27Masking Multiple Images Together
15:15 28Using Layer Masks to Remove People
10:50 29Using Layer Masks to Replace Sky
10:04 30Adding Texture to Images
09:11 31Layering to Create Realistic Depth
05:35 32Adjustment Layers in Adobe Photoshop 2020
05:29 33Optimizing Grayscale with Levels
10:59 34Adjusting Levels with a Histogram
03:37 35Understanding Curves
06:18 36Editing an Image Using Curves
18:41 37Editing with Shadows/Highlights Adjustment
07:19 38Dodge and Burn Using Quick Mask Mode
07:14 39Editing with Blending Modes
08:04 40Color Theory
05:59 41Curves for Color
16:52 42Hue and Saturation Adjustments
08:59 43Isolating Colors Using Hue/Saturation Adjustment
13:33 44Match Colors Using Numbers
16:59 45Adjusting Skin Tones
05:25 46Retouching Essentials In Adobe Camera Raw
10:52 47Retouching with the Spot Healing Brush
07:53 48Retouching with the Clone Stamp
06:51 49Retouching with the Healing Brush
04:34 50Retouching Using Multiple Retouching Tools
13:07 51Extending an Edge with Content Aware
03:42 52Clone Between Documents
13:19 53Crop Tool
10:07 54Frame Tool
02:59 55Eye Dropper and Color Sampler Tools
08:14 56Paint Brush Tools
13:33 57History Brush Tool
06:27 58Eraser and Gradient Tools
03:06 59Brush Flow and Opacity Settings
04:17 60Blur and Shape Tools
11:06 61Dissolve Mode
09:24 62Multiply Mode
15:29 63Screen Mode
14:08 64Hard Light Mode
14:54 65Hue, Saturation, and Color Modes
11:31 66Smart Filters
11:32 67High Pass Filter
13:40 68Blur Filter
05:59 69Filter Gallery
07:42 70Adaptive Wide Angle Filter
04:43 71Combing Filters and Features
04:45 72Select and Mask
20:04 73Manually Select and Mask
08:08 74Creating a Clean Background
21:19 75Changing the Background
13:34 76Smart Object Overview
08:37 77Nested Smart Objects
09:55 78Scale and Warp Smart Objects
09:08 79Replace Contents
06:55 80Raw Smart Objects
10:20 81Multiple Instances of a Smart Object
12:59 82Creating a Mockup Using Smart Objects
05:42 83Panoramas
13:15 84HDR
11:20 85Focus Stacking
04:02 86Time-lapse
11:18 87Light Painting Composite
08:05 88Remove Moire Patterns
06:11 89Remove Similar Objects At Once
09:52 90Remove Objects Across an Entire Image
05:46 91Replace a Repeating Pattern
06:50 92Clone from Multiple Areas Using the Clone Source Panel
10:27 93Remove an Object with a Complex Background
07:49 94Frequency Separation to Remove Staining and Blemishes
12:27 95Warping
11:03 96Liquify
14:02 97Puppet Warp
12:52 98Displacement Map
10:36 99Polar Coordinates
07:19 100Organize Your Layers
11:02 101Layer Styles: Bevel and Emboss
02:59 102Layer Style: Knockout Deep
12:34 103Blending Options: Blend if
13:18 104Blending Options: Colorize Black and White Image
06:27 105Layer Comps
08:30 106Black-Only Shadows
06:07 107Create a Content Aware Fill Action
08:46 108Create a Desaturate Edges Action
07:42 109Create an Antique Color Action
13:52 110Create a Contour Map Action
10:20 111Faux Sunset Action
07:20 112Photo Credit Action
05:54 113Create Sharable Actions
07:31 114Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 1
10:23 115Common Troubleshooting Issues Part 2
07:57 116Image Compatibility with Lightroom
03:29 117Scratch Disk Is Full
06:02 118Preview Thumbnail
02:10Lesson Info
Create a Layer Mask Using the Selection Tool
this time we're jumping in and talking about layer masks. Layer mass are a feature that I used pretty much every single damn in Photoshop. If you use layers, you also want to definitely get good at using layer masks. A layer mask is a way to non permanently hide a portion of a layer so you can easily bring it back at any time. And therefore you can experiment with your layers without having any kind of concern for is what you're doing permanent. Where could you easily get it back? So let's jump into photo shop and start working with layer masks. I I have this image. I would like to remove the background on it, so I just have the letter P. There are many different ways I can select this. I'm gonna try to do what I think might be quickest. So I'll go to the select menu and I'm gonna tell it to just select the subject of this photograph. I didn't make a perfect selection, so I will go to an additional selection tool in this case. I'm gonna come in in use one known as the object selection ...
tool. That's a relatively new one in Photoshopped and I want to take away the area in the lower right that contains orange to take away from a selection. You can either go to your options bar up here and click on this icon, which would take away. Or you can hold down the option key. And if you do, it will temporarily turn on that icon. And I'm just going to drag around the area that I want to remove from the selection that hoping that it will do an OK job. I'm also gonna remove this center orange portions hold down again. The option key Ultima windows to take away. I will draw around that portion. It looks like I have adduced a little bit more while holding down the option key. Oops. No, I want to add that part. So I know what you have told. Shift. All right. Was thinking, uh, wrong there and I need to get rid of this little portion. So let's indicate that we don't want those areas. All right, so I think I have an okay selection here. I just needed some sort of selection to get started with. And now what I'm gonna do is convert that selection into a layer mask. In my layers panel, you'll see the layer that the images contained on and at the bottom of the layers panel. You see an icon that looks like a rectangle with a circle inside of it. That's the layer mask icon. If you have a selection active at the time you click on that, then Onley. The areas that are currently selected will remain visible in everything it wasn't selected should become hidden the moment I click on the icon, the selection that I had disappeared because it got converted into a layer mask. So now let's look in our layers panel in there. You can see that we still have the full orange background on that letter. But now attached to the layer is this. And that is our layer mask in a layer mask. Any area that is white allows the image to show up. Is it usually would. In any area that's black will hide the layer when you have a layer mask attached to a layer. Then when you grab the paint brush tool Photoshopped needs to determine should the paint appear in the layer mask and therefore control where this layer appears, Or should you just be putting paint on the image itself layer? And it tells that by looking at which one is highlighted, you see, the four corners of layer mask are currently highlighted. If I click over here, the highlighting moves click over there. Now. The mask is active, so you have to pay attention to that anytime you're working with a layer that contains layer mask. Now, if I grab my paintbrush tool and I paint with black, any area that I paint on is going to become hidden because in a layer mask, black hides things. So if I painted the moment, you'll see it goes away. If, on the other hand, I switched and I paint with white white in a layer mask shows thing. So if I paint, I can now make various visible once again. And so it's a matter of switching back and forth between black and white and painting where you need to to control where a layer is visible. So let's end up using layer mass on a bunch of projects. Toe learn when they're really useful
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