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How to Paste into a Layer Mask in Photoshop CS6
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Not sure what your asking here.
The fact that the video caught your attention could be good, curiosity is a good thing, the video is definitely good, practical use is good if needed, and the feature is good if you need a textured layer mask for a particular effect.
The fact that the video caught your attention could be good, curiosity is a good thing, the video is definitely good, practical use is good if needed, and the feature is good if you need a textured layer mask for a particular effect.
colleague
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it's used for example in this tutorial about selecting hair
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/extract-hair/masking-tutorial.html
I learned it from seniorS and it's extremely good for difficult hair selections
http://www.photoshopsupport.com/elements/tutorials/extract-hair/masking-tutorial.html
I learned it from seniorS and it's extremely good for difficult hair selections
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Apart from what has been mentioned, there are other uses for this technique. One I can think of is as a variation to the layer clipping group. Another is to create a film negative effect.
One good usage of this is by using the image to mask itself as a layer mask.
Duplicate image layer, copy the image , add a mask on the image layer , paste the image into mask.
Since the mask uses black, white and gray, INVERSING the mask will make light areas dark and dark areas light. (**black hides, white reveals**). Using this layer with mask in a variety of modes and opacities as well as adding effects directly on the mask (blur/sharpen) will give you a variety of looks. This technique can be used for photo retouching and enhancement.
As a benefit, whatever edit you do on a layer mask is non destructive to the image - you can delete whatever you did on a layer mask to start fresh. or discard the mask without any effect on the layer image.
One good usage of this is by using the image to mask itself as a layer mask.
Duplicate image layer, copy the image , add a mask on the image layer , paste the image into mask.
Since the mask uses black, white and gray, INVERSING the mask will make light areas dark and dark areas light. (**black hides, white reveals**). Using this layer with mask in a variety of modes and opacities as well as adding effects directly on the mask (blur/sharpen) will give you a variety of looks. This technique can be used for photo retouching and enhancement.
As a benefit, whatever edit you do on a layer mask is non destructive to the image - you can delete whatever you did on a layer mask to start fresh. or discard the mask without any effect on the layer image.
Tom Mann
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In addition to the uses mentioned above, there are many, many other uses. For example, I might paste into, or directly write to a layer mask large geometric patters, small repeating patterns, gradients, parts of the main image or many other things.
One example of pasting parts of the image into a layer mask might be if I want to correct the color of the faces towards the right in a group shot, I'll first select all skin tones, turn that into the corresponding layer mask, then brush black everywhere else to remove skin other than the faces. I might then overlay a gradient onto the layer mask to make the adjustments favor the right side, and taper off to nothing on the LHS.
There are a huge number of things once can use this for. If I had to guess, I probably use this sort of technique every single day I am working in PS.
Tom
One example of pasting parts of the image into a layer mask might be if I want to correct the color of the faces towards the right in a group shot, I'll first select all skin tones, turn that into the corresponding layer mask, then brush black everywhere else to remove skin other than the faces. I might then overlay a gradient onto the layer mask to make the adjustments favor the right side, and taper off to nothing on the LHS.
There are a huge number of things once can use this for. If I had to guess, I probably use this sort of technique every single day I am working in PS.
Tom