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Extracting an Image from a Background 9 Figure 1.17 Eight ball, corner pocketFigure 1.18 The apple in a new environmentChoose Edit → Transfo

10 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceLet’s do one more little trick before we move on. As the apple leaves a shadow on the grass, th

Working with Layer Masks 11 Figure 1.24 The apple in its new homeGranted, the final image is a bit “far out,” but the extraction itself worked

12 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceDynamic MaskingI’ll begin with a practical example. If you have perused any medium to large ele

Working with Layer Masks 13 Figure 1.27 Transform the top layer to match the monitor screen size.As a demonstration of how masks help in this i

14 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceFigure 1.30 The only area in the mask that should be filled with white is the monitor screen.I

Working with Layer Masks 15 Absurd SymmetryFor the digital artist, masks are frequently used to generate symmetry in a photo or working piece of

16 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceFigure 1.34 A standard Black to White gradient in the mask gives the model a surreal appearan

Working with Layer Masks 17 Reversing the colors in the mask creates an entirely different rendition of the model, though in this case it tends

18 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceShades of GrayOne final example demonstrates how shades of gray can be used in a mask to create

Tools for Building Your MasterpieceRight-brainers are typically artistic in some fashion, and this book is for people who, like me, enjoy the journey

Including Adjustment Layers 19 Including Adjustment LayersSomething I have found to be incredibly useful for the past few versions of Photoshop

20 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your Masterpiece With the image open, click the Create New Fill Or Adjustment Layer icon at the bot-tom of the

Including Adjustment Layers 21 Quick CartoonsYou can also add a couple of cartoonish, or “drawn” charac-teristics to the image. Selecting Poster

22 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceKeep in mind that all of these adjustments have in no way altered the original photo layer. Sim

Displacement Mapping 23 Figure 1.52 The two images as seen in BridgeYou can duplicate the blue channel by clicking and dragging it to the Crea

24 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceA Peek into a Later ChapterI’m going to take this opportunity to discuss Apply Image, something

Displacement Mapping 25 But wait; there’s more! Now Photoshop will ask you what .psd image it should use as a map. By default it will take you t

26 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceDiscovering the Power of Blend IfMy good friend Richard Lynch, whom you may know from his Hidde

Discovering the Power of Blend If 27 To follow along, create a displacement map as we did in the previous tutorial. Generate a text layer, raste

28 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceFigure 1.63 The text takes on the aged characteristics of the wall beneath.You can also manip

2 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceUsing Blending ModesFor right-brainers, blending modes open entirely new doors that perhaps you

Summary 29 SummaryI’ve in no way covered every cool tool you will explore in this book on your way to the per-fect masterpiece, but I’ve covered

Using Blending Modes 3 Figure 1.4 Sunset layer blending mode set to OverlayExperimenting with Blending ModesTry another test, this time select

4 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceFigure 1.6 Another version using Soft Light blending modeThe Soft Light blending mode takes a

Extracting an Image from a Background 5 Figure 1.8 Final blended imageAs you work through the book, blending modes will become second nature.

6 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpieceRemoving Objects from Their BackgroundLet’s get started and remove an object from its background

Extracting an Image from a Background 7 Work your way around the entire apple, including the stem. You may have to exercise a little guesswork i

8 chapter 1 Tools for Building Your MasterpiecePaste the apple into the new document (F/Ctrl+V; see Figure 1.16). If you would like to save thi