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Scatter Brush Masking

 

Using Custom Brushes to Mask An Image To Achieve An Interesting Effect.

Corey Barker

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.

17 Comments

  1. Callie said on — March 28, 2008 @ 9:09 pm

    i followed all the steps but my brush won’t paint, do you have any idea what i’m doing wrong?

  2. Sennix said on — March 30, 2008 @ 3:18 pm

    Check your brush opacity and blending mode and you must paint with white otherwise it won’t work

  3. Dannie said on — April 15, 2008 @ 9:59 pm

    I cant seem to get the scattering option to be selected- its locked and not an option which is highlighted :(

  4. GabyB said on — June 3, 2008 @ 4:10 pm

    very nice corey! thank you!

  5. mr. Dark said on — July 7, 2008 @ 1:18 pm

    I am having the same problem as Dannie

  6. Christina said on — August 29, 2008 @ 11:28 am

    Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial. I just needed to know how to do masking in general for a project I’m currently working on and your tutorial was absolutely perfect! Thank you!

  7. Geoff said on — September 7, 2008 @ 11:20 pm

    At one point, when you said it was as if the scattering was making the image appear to piece itself together, I immediately thought of the T2 scene when the T1000 broke into chunks and reformed because of the heat nearby. It would be interesting to see a Part 2 to this tutorial will blob shapes rather than blocks, as if the images was forming together like a T1000. Awesome tutorial though.

  8. Xardas said on — November 25, 2008 @ 6:43 am

    Thanks Corey, your tutorials are awesome. I have learnt lot from it.

  9. Adrian said on — December 5, 2008 @ 6:02 pm

    Hi Corey,
    I am a total beginner and still made it in my first attempt…EXCELLENT tutorial and teaching method..please let me know if you tutor any other effects/program and where can I find it(subscribe to) as I am planning to tackle graphic design seriously. Thanks,Adrian R.

  10. Willie esco said on — December 31, 2008 @ 3:17 pm

    Corey!

    Your ma boy I love this effect man your a great teacher and are fun to watch this new years I’m gonna pour a lil’ liquor for you a toast in other words!…I appreciate the tuts!..

    Willie

  11. carmeena said on — January 14, 2009 @ 12:50 pm

    Hi Mr. Gorgeous, I mean Corey. Thank you for your wonderful and fantastic tutorial. Here’s another link to my website where you can find my work “http://www.flickr.com/photos/darling/.

    Carmeena

  12. ferdie said on — February 2, 2009 @ 12:52 am

    i have the same problem like dianne do you other tutorial can be read

  13. chris d said on — February 12, 2009 @ 2:02 pm

    Very useful and straightforward tutorial, thank you.

  14. haya said on — April 2, 2009 @ 9:44 pm

    it is coooooooooool thank you

  15. Gisèle Massie said on — September 13, 2010 @ 4:56 pm

    Thank you so much! I loved it too! Very easy to follow!

    Keep up the wonderful work!

    Gisèle

  16. sprenchy said on — October 5, 2010 @ 4:11 pm

    :O what’s she leaning on? o.O

  17. rajan said on — December 24, 2010 @ 4:46 am

    Thanks..Good tutorial…really nice..

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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