Mastering Photoshop Channel Masking

Harness the power of professional masking techniques

Created by: Robin Whalley
Landscape Photographer

What Will I Learn?

• Following this course, you will be able to understand and apply techniques that allow the quick creation of complex masks.
• Improve or replace the sky in a landscape image.
• Create complex and delicate masks to hide elements of a photograph..
• Replace the background in a photograph.
• Select and mask areas of very fine detail such as hair.
• Apply selective adjustments based on how light or dark an area is in a photograph.
• You will learn tools and techniques to address common problems you might encounter.
• Learn to create seamless adjustments that are almost impossible to detect.

Requirements

• To take this course you will need Photoshop installed on your PC or Mac. This course is not compatible with Adobe Elements.
• Before taking this course, you should be familiar with Photoshop and feel confident using the interface.
• Familiarity in applying adjustments such as Levels and Curves will be a benefit.
• Although the course shows Photoshop CC, any version of Photoshop released in the past 15 years will work.

Target audience

• This course will appeal to people who want to edit or enhance photographs to a professional standard.
• Digital artists interested in compositing art work from multiple sources will find the techniques valuable.
• Anyone who wants to advance their Photoshop skills.