Photoshop’s Quick Mask Combines All Selection And Brush Tools

Edit In Standard Mode (Press Q) shows selected areas inside an active selection outline.   Edit In Quick Mask Mode (Press Q) shows masked areas with a red overlay.   Quick Mask Options can be activated by double-clicking it.   Quick Masks appear temporarily in the Channels palette....

8 Useful Tips For Brushing Masks In Photoshop

Some tools in Photoshop make the marks for you, like the Gradient Tool and Paths. When it comes to masking, there’s no reason to fear drawing in Photoshop. Often, it amounts to little more than tracing. Plus, the History palette gives you an unlimited number of...

Painting The Simplest & Most Useful Masks In Photoshop

So often, it’s the simplest things that are the most often used and so the most useful. You may find that you use this very simple three-step technique for a majority of the masks you make in Photoshop. (I do.) 1 In the Layers palette,...

Seeing Color & Enhancing Creativity – Seth Resnick

“At B&H’s Optic 2018, photographer Seth Resnick discusses color, enhancing creativity, and processes you can employ to make better images and improve your photography. He stresses the importance of being aware of the details in your environment and mentally taking note of what you see...

How To Make Masking Easier With Photoshop

Almost anything will become easier to select if you adjust it first. Photoshop uses color contrast to make many selections. So, if you increase the contrast in an image you make it easier for Photoshop to make those selections. Using Photoshop’s adjustment layers you can...

Select And Mask Hue With Photoshop’s Color Range

When you want to make a selection based on hue, start with Photoshop’s Color Range. (It’s located in the Select menu.) It’s an invaluable selection tool that’s easy to master. The heart of this tool is the default setting for the Select drop-down menu –...

Selecting The Unselectable With Photoshop’s Saturation Masking

Original Increased saturation in high ranges of saturation only Red and blue added to high ranges of saturation only Wouldn’t it be great if you could selectively adjust colors based on how saturated they are in Photoshop? You can! How? With a free plug-in, Adobe...

How To Make New Color Profiles for Lightroom & ACR – Colin Smith

Colin Smith of PhotoshopCafe demonstrates how to make new color profiles for Lightroom and Adobe Camera Raw. Learn more about new Color Profiles here. Check out Matt Koslowski’s Q&A on Color Profiles. Learn more in my digital photography and printing workshops.

The Power Of Profiles – New LR & ACR Profiles – Kost / Koslowski

Julianne Kost shows the new Profile feature in Lightroom and Camera Raw. Find more from Julianne Kost here. Matt Koslowski tells you why he thinks Profile is one of the biggest things in years. Find more from Matt Koslowski here. Learn more in my digital photography...

What Are The Differences Between Lightroom and Photoshop’s Curves, Clarity, Dehaze, High Pass, Texture, and Sharpening ?

Lightroom and Photoshop offer an impressive array of tools for adjusting an image’s contrast. At some point luminosity contrast adjustment tips over to affecting image detail (contour and texture) more than overall lightness. Deciding exactly how you want to affect lightness, contour, and texture is...