Tag: masking

Masking Glass & Transparencies in Photoshop

Resources & PSD file free download: https://downloads.psdbox.com/masking-glass-transparencies-in-photoshop/ Learn how to mask glass in Photoshop with a simple selection technique. Achieving a realistic glass effect mask is done by keeping the reflections and highlights that are on the glass object you are trying to mask. In this tutorial I will show you how to do it.

Bottle used on the tutorial: http://www.deviantart.com/art/1766-Vintage-Corked-Bottle-3-235663576

Post-Apocalyptic Tutorial

In this manipulation tutorial I’ll show you how you can use a few stock images to create a post-apocalyptic scene in Photoshop using manipulation techniques to change the lighting of a scene. I’ll also show you a nice tip for masking one pixel edges using the Contract Selection command.

Hard Light Effects in Photoshop –

This is the first live tutorial I recorded so I had no idea what I will end up with. Basically I wanted to show how to get a high contrast hard light effect in Photoshop, almost HDR looking. I wanted to keep things realistic so I used the contrast masking technique to keep the original shadows of the model.

Resources FREE DOWNLOAD: https://downloads.psdbox.com/hard-light-effects-in-photoshop/
This tutorial can be followed in Adobe Elements as well.
0:00 Intro
0:51 Making the background
3:17 Background adjustments
7:49 Adding the model
8:54 Shadow masking in Photoshop
13:07 The hard light effect using dodge & burn
20:50 Hard light effect effacement with filters
23:49 The Shadows/Highlights filter for HDR effect
25:56 Sharpening

Model stock image by Marcus Ranum: http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/
Background image by Julia Starr: http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/
Sky stock image by Pelleron Stock: http://pelleron-stock.deviantart.com/

Contrast Masking – Masking/Extracting Shadows

Masking shadows is difficult let’s face it and this is a problem that had no easy solution for me until now.

If you want to replace the background of a model shot for example, how do you keep the original shadows on the new background without having the texture of the original background over them?

In this video I will show you how to incorporate the original shadows of an image on a new composition using blend modes, levels and some masking. Really easy and awesomely useful especially for photographers that need to replace backgrounds.

Original article about contrast masking: http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/contrast-masking-photoshop.html

Man stock image: http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fly-1-255405147

Photoshop Cutout Tools: Pen Tool, Refine Edge, Quick Selection…

In this beginners tutorial I will show you the most used techniques for cutting and extracting subjects from the background using Photoshop.
For solid color backgrouds it’s best to use the smart selection tools (Magic Wand and Quick Selection) but using them will usually requite to also use the Refine Edge in order to get perfectly sharp edges.

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Hopeless – Manipulation Tutorial by Andrei Oprinca

In this video Andrei will show you how to make a simple photo-manipulation with Photoshop using only 4 stock images.

You will learn how to create a dramatic background using a few adjustment layers and the dodge/burn tool and how to use a hand painted hair stock image to fix badly masked hair.