Happy Friday everyone!
This week we are going to take a look at layer masks. These are important as they are an essential building block for any type of composition that you will ever make. It is through masks that you are able to do some of the advanced blends and other type stuff. Below you can get a sense of what we’re trying to accomplish.
Without any further ado, lets get started!
Understanding your workspace is one of the most difficult feats to overcome when first starting out in Photoshop. This article is in no way meant to be a substitution for experimentation and exploration. The only way you’ll ever truly understand Photoshop is to navigate through it on your own.
In this article, we’ll be covering the following aspects of the Photoshop workspace:
If you look at the toolbox, you’ll see that it can be separated into a few different categories:
Many of these tools operate in a similar fashion and produce similar results, just in slightly different ways. So why did Adobe make everything so complicated, you ask? Because different tools can perform different tasks more easily.
A helpful hint: Holding [Shift] and/or [Alt] will modify the function of many tools. Think of Shift as your rigid modifier, forcing the tool into a locked aspect ratio or straight lines at every 45ยบ. Try holding them when working with a tool to see what results!
Additionally, each tool has a letter shortcut associated with it. If you hold [Shift] and press the corresponding tool’s letter you will cycle through those buried beneath it.
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