From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
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Using history to regain a lost mask - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals
Using history to regain a lost mask
When I last left off, I had made the mistake of hand painting inside the base version of an alpha channel, and that's a terribly destructive modification. So, it means that I can't really go back. If I made some sort of mistake when painting inside of this channel, I can't go back to the base without having to re-create it, and let's say that's not the route I want to take. I want to go ahead and regain that original base from my history states. That maybe possible, depending on how many times you brushed inside Photoshop. You may be able to go back to the History panel, and regain your work, and here is how. I've saved my progress as Hair-only mask .psd, but what I want to stress here is that file, by itself, will not give you what you need, because I cannot save history along with a file. In order to follow along with me, you will have had to perform the previous exercise as well. Anyway, here's what you do. In case you ever run into this problem, and you're just trying to keep all…
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Choosing the ideal base channel5m 7s
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Converting a channel into a mask6m 34s
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Painting with the Overlay mode7m 27s
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Painting with the Soft Light mode5m 55s
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Mask, composite, refine, and blend4m 40s
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Creating a more aggressive mask7m 2s
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Blending differently masked layers7m
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Creating a hair-only mask6m
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Using history to regain a lost mask3m 42s
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Separating flesh tones from hair8m 28s
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Adjusting a model's color temperature4m 30s
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Introducing the Calculations command7m 22s
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Extracting a mask from a Smart Object6m 34s
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Integrating a bird into a new sky5m 40s
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Creating synthetic rays of light6m 4s
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Masking and compositing light7m 39s
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Introducing a brilliant light source7m 5s
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Using the image to select itself1m 37s
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