Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Integrating foreground and background, part of Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals.
In this exercise we're going to add a couple of layer effects onto our shark and…we're also going to add an adjustment layer.…And the whole idea is we want to better integrate the shark into its new…environment, so that it feels like its right at home.…I've saved my progress as Smooth shark perimeter.psd it's found inside the…06_color_range folder and the first thing you want to do is make sure that the…Effects are turned on, so there should be an eyeball in front of the word…Effects, you also want to make sure it's the layer, not the layer mask that's…active, because we're going to want to be able to eyedrop colors from the layer itself.…
Now our first challenge will be to color this shark, so we matches his…background, that is maybe make the top of the shark a little bluer, and then…definitely add a little bit of green to his belly, which is presumably…reflecting the grass, and I'll do that by dropping down to the fx icon and…choosing Gradient Overlay and that should go and fill the shark with this…
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11/4/2011- Setting up a workspace
- Working with the seven key selection tools
- Using the Color Range command
- Automating masking
- Matching a scene with Smart Filters
- Choosing the ideal base channel
- Converting a channel to a mask
- Painting with the Overlay and Soft Light modes
- Using History to regain a lost mask
- Working with the Calculations command
- Extracting a mask from a Smart Object
- Masking and compositing light
- Masking with black and white
- Working with path outlines
- Combining pixel and vector masks
- Creating and feathering a vector mask
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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Adjusting the color settings4m 29s
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Setting up a power workspace5m 59s
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Welcome1m 8s
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1. It All Starts with the Channel
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How color channels work7m 7s
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Viewing channels in color3m 24s
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How RGB works4m 12s
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Single-channel grayscale5m 12s
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2. The Magic of Masking
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How a mask works7m 10s
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Making an alpha channel4m 2s
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Using the new channel icons6m 27s
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Putting a mask into play3m 55s
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3. The Science of Compositing
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Painting inside a mask6m 3s
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Cleaning up and confirming5m 18s
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Combining masks5m 10s
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Blending image elements6m 1s
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Introducing clipping masks5m 29s
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4. The Essentials of Selecting
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The marquee tools6m 31s
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The lasso tools5m 49s
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The Quick Selection tool8m 13s
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5. The Versatility of Combining and Transforming
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Selecting an eye7m 1s
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6. The Unmatched Power of Color Range
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7. The Unearthly Joy of Refinement
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Automated edge detection8m 23s
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Turning garbage into gold6m 19s
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Creating a fake blood effect5m 38s
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Establishing trails of blood7m 40s
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8. The Rewards of Everyday Masking
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9. The Mechanics of Layer Masks
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Working with path outlines7m 10s
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Recreating missing details8m 49s
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Masking glass5m 50s
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More to Come
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Next steps1m 17s
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