From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
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Introducing the Quick Mask mode - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Introducing the Quick Mask mode
Now that we've established a basic selection using the Color Range Command, we're going to cleanup that selection in the Quick Mask mode. I'm still working away inside Reef sharks.jpg found inside the 06_color_range folder. If you need to gain access to the selection, just use the Color Range command and load that shark settings file, and you'll get the exact same selection you see me working on in the video. To enter the Quick Mask mode, you click on the final icon at the bottom of the toolbox. That takes you in, that very same icon takes you out. Notice when you enter the Quick Mask mode, which I can also do by pressing the Q key, Photoshop goes ahead and converts the selection to that Rubylith overlay, that I showed you back in Chapter 3, and then when you exit the mode, whatever changes you've made are converted back into a standard selection outline. And once again, you press the Q key to go in or out of the mode. All right, I'm going to reenter the mode, so I can show you that…
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Introducing the Color Range command5m 59s
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Working in the Color Range dialog box7m 7s
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Primary colors and luminance ranges4m 12s
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A terrific use for Color Range4m 57s
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Introducing the Quick Mask mode7m 43s
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Moving a selection into a new background5m 43s
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Smoothing the mask, recreating the corners8m 43s
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Integrating foreground and background4m 44s
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Creating a cast shadow from a layer2m 51s
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Releasing and masking layer effects3m 11s
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Creating a synthetic rainbow effect4m 30s
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Masking and compositing your rainbow4m 46s
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The best selection tools are commands1m 5s
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