This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show.
The hardest part about masking has always been selecting areas of transition, such as flyaway hair on a portrait. The new masking tools in Photoshop CS5 are so easy to use that even novices can get impressive results: Just select a subject using the Quick Selection tool, turn that into a mask with one click, hit the Refine Mask buttons, and move two sliders.
However, if you’re willing to do just a little manual work, your areas of transition will go from impressive to top-notch professional, as this animation demonstrates:
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This article was last modified on January 6, 2023
This article was first published on September 1, 2010
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