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Masking with Shapes
In this week’s tutorial, Corey uses clipping groups and the twirl filter to create a masking effect over his background image.
Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.
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Salmen said on — February 6, 2009 @ 6:08 pm
Awesome…great job
Mandy said on — February 7, 2009 @ 3:40 am
Love It, Love It Love It Thank you so much !!!
Connor said on — February 7, 2009 @ 5:35 am
i’ll be sure to try out the twirl on the edges, that looks great, especially the two that meet(top left). might make some vector brushes with it.
cvision said on — February 7, 2009 @ 8:48 am
Brilliant tip. Thank you
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Mikel said on — February 13, 2009 @ 5:28 am
awesome job. great tut. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
seeegs said on — February 17, 2009 @ 11:37 pm
Has this video tutorial been removed? I can’t see a video on this page (or others).
Andy said on — February 25, 2009 @ 11:26 pm
Excellent Tutorial!
Ross said on — March 12, 2009 @ 2:59 am
Is there an advantage to using the clipping group like he did?
I would have just made a selection from the shape and turned it into a layer mask on the background layer…
Obviously, I have some research to do.
restauración fotográfica said on — May 7, 2009 @ 3:51 pm
Gracias! una buena restauración fotográfica hecho de Corey. Muy interesante y divertida.
Josiah said on — May 18, 2009 @ 7:15 am
cool, thanks a lot
Kodi Fletcher said on — August 4, 2009 @ 1:57 am
I love this tutorial! It really gives me new ideas to make fun and interesting photos! Thanks!
Chelle said on — August 25, 2009 @ 1:20 am
Wow. This gives me sooooooo many ideas. Too bad it’s 1 am.
Again, thankyou Corey!
Marcel said on — October 6, 2009 @ 5:05 am
Very nice man youre the best.