Some Photoshop users are intimidated by the idea of trying to mask or select liquids. Here is a tutorial with some helpful tips on how to get this done.
Author: Corey Barker
Corey is the newest education and curriculum developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. He is a graduate of the Ringling School of Art & Design in Sarasota, Fl, with a degree in Illustration. Over the years, Corey has worked as a graphic artist in a variety of disciplines such as illustration, commercial design, large format printing, motion graphics, web design and photography. His expertise in Photoshop and Illustrator have earned him numerous awards in illustration, graphic design and photography. Using Photoshop since Version 2, his expertise and creativity have evolved exponentially with every new version, which makes Corey an invaluable addition to the NAPP team.
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This is great but there was a little background color fading in thru the liquid. Cant we fix it by selecting certain areas of liquid n using blending modes?
Remarquable and very useful. Thanks for sharing these techniques.
soooo damn good!
very nice!
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I’ve often illustrated wine glass images (originally shot with a white background) and had to make it look “transparent” over a scene or tint, such as your tutorial. An extra step I might use is to duplicate the glass on a layer beneath it and set that layer to Multiply. Back to the layer above, you can mask out some of the “milki-ness” that may be still showing up without completely removing the liquid or glass. Experiment with the opacity of the brush. Great tutorial, tho. I learned a few more great tips with your method. Thanks.
Couldnt be easier. Thanks for the great tips. ProfeCompu
Thanks for the great tips
This is a sub-par method of retouching. You loose too much information anytime you select a range of values. This can be accomplished with four quick layers with masks, some adjustment of curves and no “chunky” selections. Oh, did I mention half the time.
SageCreative: Want to be more specific?
Amazing! Thx for tips. Now I better understand the selection using channels.
cool not amazing but some good tricks