Lynda.com Photoshop CS4 Layer Masks In Depth

Author(s): Jan Kabili |Duration (hr:min): 04:20 | Language: English | 1DVD | Released on: 8/17/2009 | Exercise files: Yes | Size : 537 MB

Description
In Photoshop CS4: Layer Masks in Depth, senior trainer and photographer Jan Kabili takes an in-depth look at using layer masks to create professional-looking image composites and make targeted photo corrections. Jan examines some common situations in which layer masks are the key to creating convincing image composites. She demonstrates practical ways to enhance photos with layer masking, including masking adjustment layers and Smart Filters to affect part of a photo. She explains how to use layer masks to combine different exposures of the same scene, and teaches how to work with vector masks to achieve a clean, graphic look. Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:

* Adding grayscale pixels to layer masks to hide and show layer content
* Refining the edges of layer masks in the Refine Mask dialog box
* Using filters and adjustments to manipulate layer masks
* Blending photographs into composites by applying gradients to layer masks
* Using layer masks with Smart Objects and Adobe Camera Raw to combine different adjustments of the same photo
* Simulating shallow depth of field and targeting sharpening with Smart Filter masks


Table Of Contents
Introduction
Welcome
Using the exercise files
Making a course workspace

1. Layer Mask Basics
What is a layer mask?
What are layer masks used for?
Introducing the Masks panel
Adding a layer mask
Converting a background layer for masking
Targeting a layer mask
Painting on a layer mask
Viewing a layer mask
Disabling a layer mask
Deleting and applying layer masks
Saving layer masks with a file

2. Creating Layer Masks
Filling a selection on a layer mask
Making a layer mask from a selection of the foreground
Making a layer mask from a selection of the background
Adding a gradient to a layer mask
Pasting into a layer mask

3. Refining Layer Masks
Adjusting mask density
Feathering masks
Fine-tuning mask edges

4. Working with Layer Masks
Moving and copying layer masks
Inverting layer masks
Loading selections from layer masks
Unlinking layer masks
Filtering layer masks
Adding adjustments to layer masks
Adding layer masks to layer groups
Adding layer masks to Smart Objects
Using layer masks with layer styles

5. Vector Masks
Creating vector masks
Editing vector masks
Using vector masks with layer masks

6. Image Compositing with Layer Masks
Combining images
Replacing a background
Putting an object inside another
Pasting into a selection
Intersecting objects
Limiting a fill layer

7. Enhancing Photographs with Layer Masks
Limiting adjustment layers
Adding grayscale pixels to an adjustment layer mask
Copying adjustment layer masks
Applying blend modes selectively
Retouching portraits selectively
Combining bracketed exposures
Combining Camera Raw exposures
Manipulating depth of field
Targeting image sharpening
Framing photographs

Conclusion
Goodbye


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