Category: masking

10 tips to make selections that cut out anything in Photoshop

John Aldred

Photoshop’s selection tools seem to evolve and change with every new update. Techniques and technology evolve to make selections a little easier than they were before. At least, that’s the theory, sometimes they just get more frustrating. But, there’s still no one technique that works for everything. This video from Nathaniel Dodson at Tutvid is a […]

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How to get killer selections with Channels and Vivid Light

Joseph Parry

Ever since wanting to focus on colour in my images I’ve found that often times due to budget or location, that I just quite simply cannot get the colours I’d like right in the camera. This means that I’ll often have to change colours in post and that, of course, in turn requires decent selections! […]

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Your Next Smart Selection Could Be Powered By A Neural Network

Udi Tirosh

Admit it! object masking sucks. It’s not that it is impossible, even the hardest selections and masks can be created with some work (and some methods require less work that others). But, in general, masking is a hard and tedious work. Researchers in the The Chinese University of Hong Kong working with Adobe Research are now […]

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Open Letter – How Absolutely Amazing Remask Can Be With These 5 Improvements

Alexey Adamitsky

I am a big advocate for doing everything retoucher needs to do with a few tools as possible. Masking is one of this things that can be perfectly done on Photoshop. There is a range of tools and ways to approach masking from very basic raw selections to precisely calculated and adjusted masks. So you […]

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Topaz Labs Releases ReMask 5

Eric Reagan

Topaz Labs has just announced ReMask 5, an updated version of their masking software. ReMask 5 now works as a standalone program, in addition to being a plugin. ReMask 5 also allows you to replace and edit the background of your masked image without leaving the program. You can choose from transparent, solid color, or image […]