From the course: Photoshop: Channels and Masks
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Softening edges with the Blur tool - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop: Channels and Masks
Softening edges with the Blur tool
- [Instructor] All right, so we've managed to combine, more or less, the best of the select subject and color range commands, but our resulting mask is by no means perfect. Which is why I'm gonna show you how to clean it up using a combination of the brush, blur, and smudge tools. All right, I'm gonna go ahead and zoom in on this guy's hand, as well as the top of the iPad, and I might as well scoot down a little bit as well. And then, I'm gonna view the layer mask all by itself by alt or option + clicking on that layer mask thumbnail here inside the layers panel. And notice that we have a little bit of a dark edge over here in the corner of the iPad, and we've also got some problems along this guy's knuckles. But, I want you to think, as you're working through your masks, how many of these details are circular in nature? And so, for example, if I were to scroll up to the top right corner of that iPad, and select the brush tool, which you can get by pressing the B key. And if you want,…
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Just choose a command and let it run1m 44s
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Introducing Select > Subject3m 27s
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Select > Subject vs. Color Range4m 1s
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Combining selections6m 1s
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Softening edges with the Blur tool7m 40s
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Smoothing edges with the Smudge tool5m 29s
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Adding depth of field to a background6m 54s
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