Photoshop – Channels and Masks

Photoshop – Channels And Masks

Check it out: Photoshop – Channels and Masks

Learn how to leverage masks and channels to isolate areas of an image for making enhancements. Join Photoshop expert Deke McClelland as he takes you step by step through working with channels and masks in Adobe Photoshop. First, Deke explains how channels and masks work. Then he shows how to make selections and use the Color Range command and the Focus Area command. Next, he covers refining selections, extracting masks, blending, and mixing. Additionally, Deke demonstrates how to put all of the layers together into a final composite.Topics include:

Working with the different channels
Creating the best masks
Enhancing selections text display
The Color Range command
Defining a selection
The Focus Area command
Applying global refinements
Refining selections and masks
Working with alpha channels
Extracting masks from channels
Working with blend modes
Working with the Refine Edge adjustment
Compositing