From the book
Creating a mask
From the book
From the book
From the book
Creating a mask
You’ll use the Quick Selection tool to create the initial mask in order to separate the model from the background.
- Choose File > Save As, rename the file 06Working.psd, and click Save. Click OK if the Photoshop Format Options dialog box appears.
- Select
the Quick Selection tool (
).
In the options bar, set up
a brush with a size of 15 px
and hardness of 100%. - Select the man. It’s fairly easy to select his shirt and face, but the hair is trickier. Don’t worry if the selection isn’t perfect. You’ll refine the mask in the next exercise.
- At
the bottom of the Layers panel,
click the Add Layer Mask button
(
)
to create a layer mask.
Saving a working version of the file lets you return to the original if you need it.
)
)
The selection becomes a pixel mask, and it appears as part of Layer 0 in the Layers panel. Everything outside the selection is transparent, represented by a checkerboard pattern.
Tool tips from the Photoshop evangelist
Julieanne Kost is an official Adobe Photoshop evangelist.
- Press Ctrl+spacebar (Windows) or Command+spacebar (Mac OS) to temporarily select the Zoom In tool. When you finish zooming, release the keys to return to the tool you were previously using.
- Press Alt+spacebar (Windows) or Option+spacebar (Mac OS) to temporarily select the Zoom Out tool. When you finish zooming, release the keys to return to the tool you were using.
- Double-click the Zoom tool in the Tools panel to return the image to 100% view.
- When Scrubby Zoom is selected in the options bar, just drag the Zoom tool to the left to zoom in or drag it to the right to zoom out.
- Press Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to change the Zoom In tool to the Zoom Out tool, and click the area of the image you want to reduce. Each Alt/Option-click reduces the image by the next preset increment.
- With any tool selected, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) with the plus sign (+) to zoom in, or with the minus sign (-) to zoom out.