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Introducing the Quick Mask mode

Introducing the Quick Mask mode - Photoshop Tutorial

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Introducing the Quick Mask mode

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Now that we've established a basic selection using the Color Range Command, we're going to cleanup that selection in the Quick Mask mode. I'm still working away inside Reef sharks.jpg found inside the 06_color_range folder. If you need to gain access to the selection, just use the Color Range command and load that shark settings file, and you'll get the exact same selection you see me working on in the video. To enter the Quick Mask mode, you click on the final icon at the bottom of the toolbox. That takes you in, that very same icon takes you out. Notice when you enter the Quick Mask mode, which I can also do by pressing the Q key, Photoshop goes ahead and converts the selection to that Rubylith overlay, that I showed you back in Chapter 3, and then when you exit the mode, whatever changes you've made are converted back into a standard selection outline. And once again, you press the Q key to go in or out of the mode. All right, I'm going to reenter the mode, so I can show you that…

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