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Layer Fundamentals
Selection Tools Basics
Layer Mask Basics
Blend Modes
Smart Filters
Adjustment Layers Basics
Cloning and Color Matching
Healing Tools
Channel Basics
Glamour Makeovers
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Layer Mask Fundamentals

One doesn't know PhotoShop until they are learn how to use Layer Masks. Layer Masks are used to hide and reveal elements within each object in a composite. Thus, one can create the illusion as illustrated below. This course stresses the use of Layer Masks in image compositing.

 

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shirts on a clothesline
boxer shorts on a clothesline  
Layer Mask Composite

In this lesson, students will use multiple Layer Masks to create the illusion that a pair of boxers is actually hung on the clothesline with the pressed shirts. Students will also replace the sky in this composite using Layer Masks. This is just one of several lessons in this lesson module.   Home