Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Smoothing a badly stroked edge, part of Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals.
- [Narrator] In this movie, we're going to smooth…out these badly stroked edges, using…the Select and Mask command that we saw a few movies ago.…Now, the reason these edges look so very bad,…is because of the soft nature of the layer mask.…And to see the layer mask, by itself, go ahead and press…the alt key, or the option key on the Mac,…and click on that layer mask thumbnail.…And then you'll see the black portion of the layer mask,…which indicates transparency where this layer is concerned.…And the white portion that represents opacity.…
Now if I go ahead and zoom in, you can see…that we have a lot of soft edges,…thanks to that smearing that we did with the smudge tool.…But we also have a few choppy transitions as well.…And so, if I go ahead and switch back…to the full color image, by alt or option clicking…on this layer mask thumbnail again, you can see…that we have soft transitions…on the inside edge of the mask.…But over here on the outside edge we've got these globs,…which are caused by single pixels of information,…
Author
Deke McClelland
Released
2/7/2017- Navigating through Photoshop menus
- Customizing preferences
- Changing image size and resolution
- Cropping and straightening images
- Working with layers
- Saving your progress
- Adjusting brightness and contrast
- Balancing colors
- Making selections
- Using the Quick Mask mode
- Retouching photos
- Using Camera Raw
- Formatting text
- Printing images
- Creating web graphics
Skill Level Beginner
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome2m 57s
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1. Opening an Image
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2. Getting Around
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Zooming in and out5m 48s
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Zooming continuously5m 37s
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Entering a custom zoom value4m 24s
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Scrolling (panning)2m 45s
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Cycling between screen modes4m 20s
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Using the Navigator panel5m 23s
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Panels and workspaces8m 6s
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Updating a workspace3m 29s
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3. Image Size and Resolution
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Digital imaging fundamentals1m 18s
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Image size and resolution5m 21s
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Common resolution standards6m 57s
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Downsampling for print4m 28s
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4. Crop and Straighten
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Always shoot big1m 30s
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Using the Crop tool3m 18s
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Cropping nondestructively5m 11s
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The new Content-Aware Crop2m 22s
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5. Introducing Layers
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The layered composition1m 25s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 44s
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Employing a clipping mask3m 40s
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6. Saving Your Progress
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7. Brightness and Contrast
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How luminance works5m 18s
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The three Auto commands4m 45s
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Introducing the Histogram4m 40s
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Putting the Histogram to use5m 48s
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8. Balancing Colors
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9. Making Selections
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10. The Quick Mask Mode
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Painting selections1m 41s
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Reversing a mask with Invert4m 26s
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11. Retouch and Heal
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Your best face forward1m 13s
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Cloning and Content-Aware7m 12s
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12. Introducing Camera Raw
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13. Creating and Formatting Text
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Photoshop vector-based type1m 19s
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Finding the perfect font7m 10s
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Type size and script fonts5m 29s
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Creating text along a circle5m 15s
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Double-stroking a circle3m 37s
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14. Printing Your Images
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Print from RGB, not CMYK3m 10s
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Print, size, and position6m 30s
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15. Creating Web Graphics
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Images on the wild wild web1m 45s
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Conclusion
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Until next time1m 18s
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