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Mastering Adobe Photoshop 2024

By : Gary Bradley
Book Image

Mastering Adobe Photoshop 2024

By: Gary Bradley

Overview of this book

Unlock the full potential of Photoshop, the go-to app for content creators by mastering its complex tools and features. This book quickly builds on your existing Photoshop knowledge with proven industry techniques, serving as a launchpad to develop professional skills and transformative personal growth. You’ll start by fine-tuning color and tone in your images with non-destructive adjustment layers and conceal content like backdrops with precise masking techniques for fine details like hair. Working through a series of real-world editing projects, crafting realistic brand mockups and traditional marketing collateral, you’ll learn robust methods for building social media assets in Photoshop, from images to animated GIFs and videos. You’ll also be able to bring your typography to life with styles and effects that are simple to edit and store as preset effects. The final section of the book encapsulates all of your learning to create complex montages using advanced masking and compositing techniques. You’ll have fun elevating your designs with surreal art styles and conceptual imagery using retouching, blending, and liquify filters. By the end of this Adobe Photoshop book, you’ll soar to new heights with your designs, creating captivating visuals that leave a lasting impression on your audience.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Part 1:Raising Your Photoshop Game
5
Part 2:Bringing Brands Front and Center
10
Part 3:Building Visual Components
14
Part 4:World Building

Masking hair

One of the more challenging aspects of masking is being confronted with fine details such as hair, which require Photoshop’s powerful mask refinement tools:

  1. Go to File → Open and navigate to the 03-Masking folder. Select Cutout.jpg and click Open when done.
  2. Switch to the Object Selection tool. Click on the Select Subject button in the options bar to create a selection of the woman. Then click on the Select and Mask button in the options bar (Figure 3.14, A).
Figure 3.14: Use the Select Subject feature to make your base selection

Figure 3.14: Use the Select Subject feature to make your base selection

  1. When the dialog appears, change the View drop-down thumbnail (Figure 3.15, A) to Overlay. This will allow you to preview the region outside of your selection in a temporary color of your choosing.
  2. You will need to change the overlay color to one that contrasts with the hair and the original background of the photo. Click on the color picker (E), choose a bright green color, and...