Our composition is looking pretty great with the exception of this flame, which…doesn't look right at all.…Now, the thing about a flame is that it naturally increases the brightness of…the background behind it.…So it's a kind of anti-shadow in other words, and just as you would generally…set a shadow to the Multiply mode, we should set a flame to the Screen mode and…that way instead of this opaque and fairly scrawny flame, we'll end up with…something more like this.…And so in this exercise we'll mask the flame and then in the next exercise…we'll composite it.…Now to mask the flame I need to reinstate an opaque version of it.…
So over here in the layers panel I'll Alt+Click in a horizontal line between…the top two layers, and then I'll Shift+Click on the layer mask thumbnail for that normal layer.…Now let's check out what we have to work within the Channels panel.…I'll switch over to it.…Here's the Red channel and you can see that the flame is very bright against a…fairly bright background as well.…
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12/20/2011- Understanding the Calculations command
- Calculating masks with the Subtract and Add modes
- Enhancing a mask with Apply Image
- Creating a traditional blue screen mask
- Masking dark hair against a busy background
- Painting in missing hairs with a Wacom tablet
- Masking blonde hair and flames
- Performing selective edits with Dodge and Burn
- Masking a difficult image in multiple passes
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 10s
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1. Calculating a Hair Mask
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Compositing dark hair5m 47s
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2. Masking Dark Hair
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Creating a contrast mask4m 34s
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Cleaning up a base mask5m 55s
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Reinstating missing details5m 12s
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Building a second-pass mask6m 30s
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Smudging bad transitions5m 19s
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Matching the light source3m 50s
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3. Masking Light Hair
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Calculating blonde hair4m 50s
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Painting in Airbrush mode4m 30s
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Building a flame mask7m 25s
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4. Masking the Tough Stuff
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Conclusion
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Next steps1m 17s
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