The Pen Tool is one of the most powerful but labor-intensive tools in all of Photoshop. Newbies select images with the likes of the quick select and magic wand tools. Both are highly automated, but they rarely work. Experts use the pen tool.
The Pen Tool takes some work to master, but it always works for you. In other words, learn to use the Pen Tool and you’ll be prepared for any masking job.
The base photograph in the following video comes to us from Stas Perov of image vendor www.Fotolia.com.
This article was last modified on January 5, 2023
This article was first published on September 18, 2009
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