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Masking vector-based shape layers - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CS5 One-on-One: Advanced
Masking vector-based shape layers
I've saved my progress as Built-up vector swash.psd. In this exercise we're going to assign a mask to our logo, so that we can see the model's head, and the logo appears to be in back of her. We're actually going to do this pretty easily, because I've already created the mask in advance. It's ready and waiting as an Alpha Channel. So the first thing I'd like you to do is go ahead and grab these layers, underline through Pout. So go ahead and click on underline, even though it's hidden right now. Then Shift+Click on Pout to select all of them. Then go up to the Layers panel flyout menu, choose New Group from layers. Let's go ahead and call this logo elements or something like that. Then click OK in order to create that new group. Now we can assign a layer mask to that entire group. That layer mask happens to be ready and waiting here inside the Channels panel. It's this guy right there, half mask. Now you may kind of wonder what in the world is going on with this mask. The reason it's…
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Photoshop's vector exceptions1m 11s
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Making text in Photoshop6m 18s
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Creating and editing a text layer6m 56s
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Font and type style7m 35s
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Type size and color7m 52s
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Combining layer effects and type10m 57s
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Drawing a custom shape layer8m 34s
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Side bearing, kerning, and tracking10m 36s
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Point text vs. area text8m 26s
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Selecting and formatting a paragraph5m 19s
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Copying and pasting unformatted text7m 45s
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Creating text inside a custom path6m 26s
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Creating text along a path8m 13s
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Adjusting baseline shift6m 16s
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Drawing a fading arrowhead7m 29s
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Fading a shadow with a layer5m 32s
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Logo creation and Fill Opacity7m 44s
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Stretching a background element6m 9s
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Drawing with shape outlines6m 18s
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Combining vector-based shapes6m 42s
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Masking vector-based shape layers6m 7s
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Correcting spacing problems7m 44s
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Drawing the ultimate specular sparkle8m 45s
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Preparing text for commercial output5m 9s
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Saving a high-resolution PDF file7m 11s
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Inspecting the final PDF document7m 8s
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Saving large poster art9m 32s
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