From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
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Masking glass - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Masking glass
Alright, now that we've seen just about everything there is to know about layer masks and Vector masks and the Masks panel, let's take a look at some more advanced compositing options. I'll be showing you how to mask an entire group of layers, I'll show you how to create a knockout layer that bores through the layers below it, and finally I'll toss in a clipping mask, and along the way I'll show you how to mask glass. So we're going to take these two images here, both of which once again held from the Fotolia Image Library, and we'll merge them together to create this final composition, and believe it or not it's actually not all that tough, although as you can see over here in the Layers panel it does require three variations on that glasses layer. We're going to perform some basic masking upfront. I'll switch back to the starter file which is called Sunset celebration.psd, found inside the 09_layer_masks folder. And ideally, we would find a single blend mode that would keep the…
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White reveals, black conceals6m 45s
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Layer masking tips and tricks5m 8s
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Generating a layer mask with Color Range5m 38s
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The Masks panel's bad options5m 18s
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The Masks panel's good options3m 50s
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Creating and feathering a vector mask3m 42s
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Combining pixel and vector masks3m 50s
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Working with path outlines7m 10s
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Combining paths into a single vector mask7m 52s
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Sharpening detail, reducing color noise4m 27s
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Recreating missing details8m 49s
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Masking glass5m 50s
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Refining a jagged Magic Wand mask5m 53s
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Masking multiple layers at one time5m 15s
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Establishing a knockout layer6m 6s
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Clipping and compositing tricks7m 37s
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The synthesis of masking and compositing1m 36s
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