From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
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Introducing clipping masks - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Introducing clipping masks
In this exercise we're going to reinstate that brushstroke highlight inside the nameplate and we are also going to reinstate the shadow behind the boot but we are going to do so using independent layers. I've saved my progress as Glow with layer mask.psd. We're going to start things off by pressing Ctrl+Shift+N or Command+Shift+N on the Mac to create a new layer. I'll call this new layer brushstroke, and then I'll turn on this check box. It says Use Previous layer to Create Clipping Mask. That'll ensure that our brushstroke is clipped inside of the nameplate just as if we were painting on the nameplate layer with a transparency lock down. Now there are kinds of used for clipping masks, all sorts of ways to create them as well. We'll see those uses in ways in future chapters but for now just go ahead and turn on the check box and click OK. Notice that creates a layer that's inset with this little arrow that indicates that our new layer will be clipped inside the layer below it. All…
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Viewing a mask as a rubylith overlay6m 13s
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Changing a mask's overlay color5m 34s
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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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Painting behind and inside a layer5m 27s
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Blending image elements6m 1s
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What to do when layers go wrong6m 3s
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Hiding layer effects with a mask4m 22s
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Introducing clipping masks5m 29s
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Unclipping and masking a shadow3m 50s
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The mask meets the composition1m 8s
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