Corey Barker is a Photoshop instructor and graphic designer who maintains a blog at PlanetPhotoshop.com. Visit his site for more tutorials and tips.
Corey shows viewers how to create masks for complicated images by using channels.
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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Corey! I have seen something similar done with the channels palette. Those never ‘clicked’. I wanted to learn this, but, felt the other tuts were lacking or something.
With this, I know what was missing – a thorough explanation to accompany the steps. Bless you! You blew me away! I actually think I understand it! LOL
Ever grateful,
Su
Great information! I have always wanted to see step by step how to mask a complex image! Thanks!
This is terrific, Corey. Thanks for posting it. I’d seen “calculations” used once before but couldn’t remember how to use it. This demystifies it. The rest of your post is also very slick. Thanks again.
Thanks very much for this post….your tips are great! This appears to be the post that I have be waiting and looking for.
I have a picture where the background is so similar to much of the foreground that the magic wand will just not pick the right stuff. Unlike your example, there is no clear channel that stands out as the channel to use.
How do you chose the appropriate channel under these circumstances?
you speak too much!! but really a good tutorial