Masking is an important part of any decent photographer’s post-production. Sometimes, putting on masks is easy, but other times, they can be time-consuming. However, if you learn about this hidden tool in Photoshop, your editing life will instantly become a lot better.
Masking is an important part of my workflow. I like doing compositing, where you bring elements from different images together into one frame. To do this successfully, you need to be good at masking. Whether it’s working with beautiful hair against a busy background or with intricate patterns and shapes, good concealability sets you apart from the usual photographers as you can make any image look great. Which photo is more believable when you decide to add different elements. With that said, there are certainly times when I sit in front of the computer and have to work on my own because I know that putting on a face mask is going to take a considerable amount of time.
In this video brought to you by Photoshop training channel, Jesus Ramirez introduces a brilliant technique for creating extremely detailed and precise masks from difficult, messy images in just a few seconds. He does so using a relatively unknown tool in Photoshop called Calculate. There are different ways to approach this task, but Ramirez walks you through each step and also introduces some other helpful tools along the way. If you’re like me and have always wanted to do things better and faster, you’ll love this tutorial.
Give it a look and let me know what you think in the comments section below.
