Photoshop Tutorial All about Masking, Vector, Clipping !

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Masks are a very essential feature of Photoshop and just too many people are missing out on all of the greatness of masks. Here I have made this video explaining what a mask is and does and I will show you how the mask works, and what you can do with masks! In this Video we cover Layer Bitmap Masks (your basic everyday mask), Vector Masks, and Clipping Masks! Enjoy! Please check out http://www.tutvid.com for more, free video tutorials as well as downloads!

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25 comments

tautvidynis:
 1 

does anyone know how many times he said MASK…..?! xD (i lost my count after 374)

February 28th, 2009 at 8:32 pm
54spiritedwill54:
 2 

Very nice tutorial

February 28th, 2009 at 9:36 pm
jbaxani:
 3 

Is there any advantage to using a mask instead of just duplicating a layer? For example: If i was retouching a face, i’d duplicate the layer and apply a blur filter, then erase over bit i didnt want blurred allowing the original (non-blurred) layer to show through. That seems to be the same as applying a mask, the only diff being that with a mask u use a brush rather than an eraser.

If that’s retarded, please explain why!

March 1st, 2009 at 12:12 am
BrolyTheLSS1:
 4 

how the fuck do u upload a 22 min vid??? i use beta..is that why????

March 4th, 2009 at 4:00 am
genesis204:
 5 

say masks one more time

March 7th, 2009 at 2:58 pm
J03Y13:
 6 

well thanks [:
i always just did that by making a copy layer of the things i didnt want blurred lol

March 9th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
DenLaw:
 7 

Picture you apply a blur filter on an image and you dont apply a mask to it to get rid of the effect at certain spots in the picture. you are working on your blur filter applied image. you will need to use your eraser tool to get rid if it which is going to destruct your image. if you use a mask you dont destruct your image and you can simply redo things by switching the color from black to white to revael the effect again. ;)

March 11th, 2009 at 9:26 pm
J03Y13:
 8 

But i still don’t know why you’d need to use one.

March 12th, 2009 at 9:16 am
xMaroYoo:
 9 

Nice video :D helpfull.

masks, masks, masks, masks, and masks. :D !

March 12th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
damianmann:
 10 

very helpful for people who want to know what masks are about

March 13th, 2009 at 4:19 am
MountCashelTuck:
 11 

what practical applications do these masks have? can someone give me an example where you would use them?

March 14th, 2009 at 3:41 am
NoirHammer:
 12 

Too much information for the beginner and confuses or “masks” more than reveals.

Try again.

March 16th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
kzone272:
 13 

almost every single bit of this is exactly the same

March 18th, 2009 at 1:56 pm
chadsexinton:
 14 

I HAVE CS 4 AND I CANT FOLLOW ANY OF THIS. none of the options matches what youre saying.

March 19th, 2009 at 1:22 am
Andyzoob:
 15 

I agree on great Tutorial, and also on their applications. I fell like this could all be accomplished with regular layers.
Correct me if i’m wrong.

March 22nd, 2009 at 5:51 am
omara7med:
 16 

THX
GREAT TUTORIAL

March 25th, 2009 at 4:52 am
BikerNutterBstard:
 17 

Jesus H pumpkins parsnips, if my mrs babbled as much as you I’d beat her with her own shoes lol,GET ON WIV IT!oh and do stop talking to us like were all technodummies, not everyone using pooters is as thick as kitty shit, I think it would be safe to assume anyone looking at these tutorials, will have certain amount of Brain function, which is by default,is a must have for navigating photoshop :) Nice Tut tho :) just too much yaketty shmackety the kiddie bricks approach is annoying :)

March 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
sivatmin:
 18 

I’m in love with TUTVID! Awesome teacher.

March 28th, 2009 at 6:00 am
omara7med:
 19 

Thank you for this great video
it is realy great thank you

March 28th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
CenseSay:
 20 

cool tutorial, really good! But honestly what am i supposed to do with these masks…where am i supposed to apply them? any advice guys? :)

April 1st, 2009 at 1:16 am
CRAZYCRAZY833:
 21 

wa do ya know!
you say that too often

April 4th, 2009 at 12:29 am
d4rkarch0n:
 22 

Another amazing tutorial – thanks for that! =D

April 6th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
katrotz:
 23 

great style of teaching x)))))
very funny

April 8th, 2009 at 6:47 pm
HardStyleTranceFreak:
 24 

select the rectangle option, right click your picture select inverse or something :P lol

April 12th, 2009 at 3:02 am
ftwfengftw:
 25 

Nice stuff, 5/5
lolz, i was so proud of myself coz i knew how to use clipping masks b4 this vid,

April 13th, 2009 at 2:49 pm

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