- [Instructor] All right, I want to show you…how I completed the entire composition.…So for those of you who are interested,…I'm going to take moment out to show you something…that has nothing to do with the Pen tool or Vector Masks,…and everything to do with masking entire groups at a time.…It will allow us to create…these clones of our main character.…And so because we intend to duplicate in scale these letters…you might naturally assume that we need to…convert the layers to a Smart Object.…But notice if I select the Isolator,…and then Shift + Click on this bottommost baby head layer,…and then right-click inside the image window,…and choose Convert to Smart Object,…that we once again see that beige background…from the original photograph.…
And that's because Blend modes…do not traverse Smart Objects.…And so that Overlay mode, which is at the back of the stack,…is trapped inside the Smart Object.…Now we could change the Blend mode…for the entire Smart Object to Overlay,…but that would ruin the effect.…And so I need to back out by pressing…
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6/22/2017- Top-secret tricks for shortcut enthusiasts
- Assigning and converting color profiles
- Turning a cityscape into a tiny planet
- Hunting down seams with the Offset filter
- Distorting an image with the Glass filter
- Using the Libraries Panel
- Batch-processing an entire folder of images
- Adding motion to text, or any other layer
- Adding soundtracks and voiceovers
- Actions and batch processing
Skill Level Advanced
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31. Shortcuts and Customization
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32. Creative Smart Filtering
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33. Blur and Noise
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Light Bokeh and Bokeh Color4m 33s
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Reducing noise in Camera Raw6m 48s
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34. Masks and Calculations
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35. The Pen Tool
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Introducing the Paths panel5m 38s
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36. Panoramas and Stitching
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37. Editing Videos
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Why edit video in Photoshop?1m 31s
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Adding text to your video6m 50s
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38. Layer Comps and Artboards
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Advanced layer options2m 26s
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Updating broken layer comps5m 21s
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Introducing artboards7m 57s
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39. Using the Libraries Panel
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Conclusion
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Goodbye1m 26s
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