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Deke's Techniques 050: Masking with Photoshop's Blunt Instruments

Submitted by deke on 13 December 2011 - 7:15am.
Deke's Techniques 050: Masking with Blunt Instruments

Well, gang, I think it's safe to say that the Holiday Season is upon us. And if your day went anything like mine, you were on the go all day long. So the last thing you have time for is a long, elaborate Photoshop project, particularly one that involves the sometimes mind-bending rigors of masking.

Which is why today, I offer you something special: a way to muscle your way through a mask---and a complex one at that---without contemplation, Calculations, or even consideration. All it takes is a few blunt tools, lots of brute force, and perseverance.

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Photoshop CS3 Channels & Masks

Essentially a collection of luminance data that controls the transparency of an image, the modest alpha channel informs just about everything you do in Photoshop. and coming to terms with alpha channels (a.k.a. masks) is the most sure-fire way to boost the quality of your work in Photoshop. But masking isn’t easy. In fact, the elusive alpha channel has been described as the least understood feature in Photoshop’s enormous arsenal. Until now, that is. In Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks, expert Deke McClelland blows the lid off the topic. Read more » 

List price: $149.95USD
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Photoshop CS2 Channels and Masks

The elusive alpha channel remains one of the most misunderstood yet powerful tools in Photoshop. Alpha channels are collections of luminance data that control the transparency of an image, and they inform just about every aspect of Photoshop. Selections, layer boundaries, masks, the Quick Mask mode, layer masks, knockouts, and masking with the Channels palette all rely on alpha channels. In Photoshop CS2 Channels and Masks, award-winning author and Photoshop expert Deke McClelland teaches channels and masks comprehensively. Read more » 

List price: $149.95USD