Deke's Techniques 094: Capturing a Real-Life Cast Shadow

It's one thing to impeccably mask an image into a new scene. It's another to get the masked image to interact with its new environment. What it needs is a shadow.

Deke's Techniques 025: Correcting Red-eye like a pro

This week, I show you how to make red pupils black, the right way. To which you might respond, really, red-eye?! But trust me, it's a great technique.

The Self-Made Mask

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #25: Selection Calculations

Press the Shift key to add to a selection. Press Alt (or Option) to subtract and Shift+Alt (Shift+Opt) to find an intersection. Helpfully, these tricks apply to layers, channels, and paths. They're a power user's dream.

Photoshop Top 40, Feature #33: Calculations

One of the oldest, most abstruse commands in Photoshop, Calculations lets you merge two channels to create a new alpha channel. It's a tough nut to crack, but crack it you must if you want to master masking.

High-Res, Downloadable Masking Video and Layered PSD File

The Essential Approach to Masking

Channels & Masks Lesson 10: Using Calculations in Photoshop