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Turning a path into a vector-based mask
From the course: Adobe Pen Tool: Mastery
Turning a path into a vector-based mask
- [Instructor] In this movie, I'll show you how to take a path outline, and turn it into a vector-based layer mask. And so the idea is that each and every layer can contain two layer masks, one pixel-based layer mask, and another vector-based mask. And we're going to use this technique in order to mask the ball onto itself, in order to achieve this more richly-colored effect. And you can see those two balls right now. So there's the shadow ball, the one that's set to the Multiply blend mode, and here's the ball set to the Normal mode inside of a vector-based layer mask. Alright, so I'll go ahead and switch over to my document so far. I'll click on the volleyball layer to make it active, and then I'll create a copy of it. And in Photoshop, you do that by jumping the layer, by pressing Control + J, or Command + J on a Mac. And that happens to be by far the easiest way to work, but if you want to name your new layer as you're creating it, then you press Control + Alt + J, or Command +…
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Vector-based paths in a pixel-based world7m 35s
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Working with a vector-based shape layer9m 16s
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The Pen tool and the Paths panel8m 25s
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Filling and stroking a path outline7m 32s
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Turning a path into a vector-based mask4m 42s
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Why and when to use vector masks4m 12s
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Tracing a complex image with the Pen tool10m 59s
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Converting a selection to a path outline7m 2s
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Using a vector mask in a composition9m 2s
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Repurposing a mask as a path outline6m 14s
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Drawing a shape layer with the Pen tool6m 28s
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Using a shape layer as a clipping mask8m 16s
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Stroking a path with the Brush tool5m 3s
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