Join Deke McClelland for an in-depth discussion in this video Using the image to select itself, part of Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Mastery.
- One of the most popular uses for Photoshop is to take…an image that was originally captured against one background…and composite it against another,…which by no coincidence, is why I've already devoted…four chapters to this topic:…chapters 9 and 10 in the fundamentals course…and chapters 16 and 17 of the advanced course.…I know, my memory is fuzzy too; so permit me to recap.…In those chapters, we looked at Photoshop's…automated selection and masking functions…with special attention paid to the quick mask mode,…the color range command, and the select and mask workspace.…
Now I'm the first to admit, I love these features.…I use them all the time; but while Photoshop's…automated features often do a great job…of simplifying a process, they don't always measure up…to what you can accomplish when you roll up your sleeves…and apply a bit of carefully researched DIY manual labor,…which is where this chapter comes in.…Masking, pro level masking, is the art of using the image…to select itself; and that's where we switch…
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6/22/2017- Top-secret tricks for shortcut enthusiasts
- Assigning and converting color profiles
- Turning a cityscape into a tiny planet
- Hunting down seams with the Offset filter
- Distorting an image with the Glass filter
- Using the Libraries Panel
- Batch-processing an entire folder of images
- Adding motion to text, or any other layer
- Adding soundtracks and voiceovers
- Actions and batch processing
Skill Level Advanced
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Introduction
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Welcome to One-on-One2m 46s
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31. Shortcuts and Customization
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Customizing Photoshop menus11m 35s
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Customizing a Photoshop toolbox10m 26s
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32. Creative Smart Filtering
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Rendering type in smoke6m 40s
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33. Blur and Noise
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Light Bokeh and Bokeh Color4m 33s
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Reducing noise in Camera Raw6m 48s
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34. Masks and Calculations
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35. The Pen Tool
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Introducing the Paths panel5m 38s
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36. Panoramas and Stitching
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37. Editing Videos
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Why edit video in Photoshop?1m 31s
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Adding text to your video6m 50s
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38. Layer Comps and Artboards
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Advanced layer options2m 26s
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Introducing layer comps4m 40s
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Updating broken layer comps5m 21s
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Introducing artboards7m 57s
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39. Using the Libraries Panel
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40. Actions and Batch Processing
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Conclusion
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Goodbye1m 26s
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