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How RGB works

How RGB works - Photoshop Tutorial

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How RGB works

In this exercise, I will show you how Photoshop mixes the Red, Green and Blue Channels to produce the full-color RGB composite. And we will also see how RGB, is that one color model that's best suited to masking in Photoshop. I have gone ahead and restored the saved version of Toucan with swatches.psd. Now before we go any further, I want you to understand the relationship between the Channels and Layers panel's, here inside Photoshop. Contrary to what many people think, there are not somehow variations on a common theme. Every full-color photograph that you open will begin life with multiple Channels. It will probably be an RGB image that contains Red, Green and Blue Channels, but it will definitely contain at least three channels of information. Whereas, every digital photograph begins life with no layers whatsoever. It's up to you to add the layers therefore, layers are optional and Channels are absolutely essential. Also worth noting, a channel will always show you a flattened…

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