Four PS masks for use: quick masks, layer masks, vector masks, clipping masks

Masks are widely used in PS, and the most important feature of masks is that they can be modified repeatedly without affecting any of their layers. If you are not satisfied with the image of the mask adjustment, you can remove the mask original image and reproduce it. It's a really amazing tool.

We usually say the mask mask, there are actually several masks, I know there are four kinds: one is a quick mask, the other is a layer mask, three is a vector mask, and four is a clipping mask. The inner link between them, I don't care about him.

First, Quick mask:

I only use it to establish a constituency, see an example: a lot of grinding skin tutorial requirements to leave the features of the MM, only the face of the skin, we use this quick mask. Where is it. Here, press Q also line.

Below we use it to select the facial skin of MM, point that button, select the brush, the foreground color is black, the part that you want to grind, paint the boundary with a white brush, paint back and forth is not very convenient.

How is red. Red is right, the default is red. Click below to create a quick mask to the left of the button, exit the quick mask, press Q also line.

See the selection, first don't worry, mask mask, just the red part is blindfolded, not what we want, anti-election on the line. Copy and look at the effect.

At this time to your play, just did not use the brush, then the function of the brush can be used here, is not the boundary blunt, that we use a soft pen, but also with different transparency, you can even use a variety of pattern pens to brush out a variety of pattern selection, in addition to feather ah, in short you must do better than mine.

Second, layer masks:

Layer masks are the most common tools we use to draw, and the masks commonly referred to in this section refer to the layer masks (which are referred to as masks). It can be said that if you do not have the mask, you do not say you have entered the threshold of PS.

Why the beginning of the first quoted a joke expert's words, I just touched the mask when I saw this tutorial, explaining the layer mask, he does not teach you to use the brush, but let you use the gradient, my mother ah. Mask not understand, and a gradient, today we start from the most novice know.

There is a netizen said that the mask is like rubber, we start from its rubber-like place.

First, the mask is an eraser.

First come to know it, first build a look: In order to see the effect, we open a landscape and a mm,mm on, landscape under, to the MM layer to add a mask:

Point arrow button, a mask icon appears in the MM layer, and the icon is displayed in the editing state, now the operation is on the mask.

We try to melt the mm into the flowers: first choose the black brush, smear the part we want to hide, is not the same as rubber ah. Oh. Painted across the bounds. Not afraid, then I chose the white brush to reflect on the exposed part, so that back and forth, you do not have to worry about the boundary. You can also use the soft tip to paint the edges as natural as possible, but also with low transparency to paint a looming effect.

Did we realize that it was different from the eraser?

In fact, the biggest difference between it and the eraser is that it just operates on the mask, without causing a bit of damage to the image, and after the eraser, the pixels of the picture have been erased. Therefore, if you do not satisfied with the mask, we delete the mask on the line, will not have any effect on the picture.

The difference between it and the rubber is essentially, the mask is created by the constituency, it has an intrinsic connection with the channel, which we do not care about him, know how to use the line.

To delete a mask, you can right-click on the Mask label, the delete mask option appears, and the mask is drawn to the trash.

Second, the mask is not rubber

We already know that the mask is not an eraser, then it should have other uses, let's see how it can be used.

1. Gradient blending diagram

If your old people do not understand the gradient, then I can only persuade you to learn to learn the gradient and then look down. Often to the Internet to find tutorials people must have seen this diagram, in understanding the method we have just then to see the gradient is not difficult.

Add masks to the character layer, pull out black and white gradient, black part of the hidden, white part of the display, the gray part of the excessive, the key is to use the gradient after the excessive very natural, this is our hand smear can't get out of the effect.

2, adjustment layer of the local adjustment:

When we are drawing, we often just want to adjust some of the local, the establishment of adjustment layer (the knowledge of the adjustment layer is not involved here) provides us with convenience, because the adjustment layer also links a mask, through the action of the mask, you can let the effect of the adjustment according to our intention where to show or hide, show more or less. Take a look at the following picture:

Create a layer mask at the same time as all the options in the arrow to create an adjustment layer.

I was very faint when I first saw these icons, but to understand the mask and then look at these icons, it is simply lovely to die, because they can let us arbitrarily adjust the image, see below an example:

Suppose I want to turn the face of MM, and other parts do not adjust, you can establish a curve adjustment layer, and then use a black brush to the mm face wipe out.

3, other local adjustment:

In the adjustment layer, the mask is created, not the adjustment in the adjustment layer. We're adding a mask to it. Do you want to make a partial adjustment?

For example, local color: if we want to make only one sunflower has the effect of color. First copy a layer, will copy layer to color, add masks, painted sunflower on the line.

Here is another example of a local application filter, take topaz filter example. Topaz Filter is quite a criticism of a filter, many people on the internet to "she" sneer at, I use this "she" here is to express love for it, in the skin I basically use every time, is called "no bad filter,

Only people with bad filters ", off the topic ... The key to using a good topaz is not to see the application traces, then we use the mask to hide the parts do not want to show it?

4, the Mask of common sense

The above think of where to say, a bit chaotic, and then strands, strands ...---Zhao Benshan language

A, create masks--of course, can be built in the menu;

b, new show all--all white masks. Show All. What we have just done is, it is also the default;

C, new hidden all--All black masks. Hide all. Create a new mask by pressing the ALT key in the Layer palette to hide all masks. If you want to adjust the part of the small, after the establishment of the Black mask, with a white pen to show that a small portion, very convenient.

D, the adjustment layer is built to show all masks, to adjust a small part of the mask can be filled with black, it becomes hidden all masks.

E, you can work on the mask, you can also operate on the layer, here do not take screenshots, respectively, try to click on the mask and layer icons, note their editing status.

F, press the CTRL key to click the Mask icon to get the selection on the mask.

G, you can use the image adjustment menu under the non-anti-white option to adjust the mask, you can use almost all filters for the mask to make a variety of wonderful effects.

H, you can also paste the selections obtained in the channel onto the mask.

I, press the SHIFT key to click the Mask icon, you can stop using masks.

J. Click the arrow's link button to remove the mask from the layer, and you can freely drag the mask or layer to move independently. This is useful when animating, and the following animation uses masks.

You can also create a new selection or load a saved selection, and then create a mask that is the selection shape. Look at the following picture:

There are ready-made masking materials on the web that can make a variety of effects.

There is an intrinsic connection between the mask and the channel, not here, I can not say ...

Masks in many other places there are applications, such as calculation, those are four grade, I do not understand ...

Third, vector masks:

Vectors, of course, are related to paths, and I have a big head on the path. A great man said: If the mask is to move to the threshold of PS, then the path is to enter the threshold of professional players. (Secretly tell you, this great man is me), and overreaching ...

Vector mask, that is, only on the mask on the path operation, the brush is not used, to prepare a pen for you, this pen is not fun, my amateur, has been playing bad.

If you want to add masks on the mask to do it, then add the version is the vector mask. The action of a vector mask is just like a layer mask, but it becomes a path. The others do not know ...

Four: Clipping masks:

It's hard to understand the clipping mask.

When you create a clipping mask with two layers, when you create a clipping mask on the layer above, the layer above shows only the shape of the layer below, and the layer above is clipped with the layer below, that is, the layer above only shows pixels within the range of the layer below. (Into a tongue twister ...) ）

The clipping mask affects only its next layer.

Let's do the actual operation: also with this mm, in the MM layer below the bottom padding a small square, in two layers by the ALT key Click, the MM layer created a clipping mask, of course, can also be built in the menu. Look at the effect, then drag the block layer, and then look at the effect.

Clipping mask application has a lot of, can not be said, such as trimming the edges, do some special effects, as shown below: