Essential Tips for Working with Photoshop Masks

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You can apply masks to layers in Photoshop documents to reveal content underneath. Layer masks (which you create with painting or selection tools) can have soft edges. Vector masks (which you create with the Pen and shape tools) have sharp edges. Here are some essential tips to remember when working with masks in Photoshop.

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Editor in Chief of CreativePro. Instructor at LinkedIn Learning with courses on InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, GIMP, Inkscape, and Affinity Publisher.
  • Jud1thSB says:

    I love your tutorials. Thanks!

  • Mike Rankin says:

    Thanks! There’s always more where they came from :)

  • Mike Rankin says:

    Excellent, thanks for the tip!

  • Broacher says:

    For a fantastic set of advanced masking tutorials in Pshop, I recommend visiting the Russell Brown ‘Tips and Techniques’ page at russellbrown.com. I picked up some fantastic masking shortcut tips there (among other stuff).For example, for years I had basically rolled my eyes at what I thought was the ‘useless’ Quick Selection tool. Russell explained how to use Opt modification when using this tool, and have since ‘rediscovered’ that it’s an exceptionally quick and powerful first step on the road to high quality masking.

  • Eva says:

    Thanks for this superb and spot-on mask tutorial.

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