Masking tutorials ...

[gidon]

Hi

I created these tutorials more as an aide memoire - it's easy to forget certain techniques if you don't use the program everyday. But thought they may useful to someone. They are all done in Elements 5.

Layer groups or the "group with previous command" (using them as a version of a layer mask):
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1080158948

Adjustment layers and their layer masks (and using them as a layer mask):
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1080163467

Adding and using layer masks (using the action here (http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/p/layermasks.htm)):
http://www.brightcove.com/title.jsp?title=1080175990

Sorry about the heavy breathing - combination of having the mic too close to my mouth and a cold coming on honest!

I hope they may be of use to someone.

Cheers


Gidon

[msbrad]

Thank you for sharing, and welcome to the forum.
I look forward to checking them out.
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[AngelicKim]

Thanks and welcome from me as well. I will definately check them out as I still have difficulties with mask.

[Vesta]

Thanks Gidon,
I checked them out and they are well worth watching. The layer mask download is really nice, thanks again

Vesta

[gidon]

Thanks for the friendly replies - glad you found them useful Vesta.
All the best
Gidon

[Dorrie H.]

Gidon,
Welcome to the forum and Thanks for the videos, they are wonderful, sorry about your cold coming on. Hope it gets better soon.

[Orphanannie]

I wish to add my "Welcome" also. Thanxs for the videos. Take care of the cold.....

[lisabee]

Hi Gidon,

thanks very much for sharing these links, I just watched the first video and will definitely watch the others later. I'm new to PSE5 and the forum, so they are very useful indeed, thanks again. :)
I'd also been trying to follow instructions (elsewhere on the web) which referred to a layer mask and couldn't find how to get there in PSE5 so this is really helpful.

Having the history of what you did showing up above the layers palette, looks really good too, I haven't found how to display that so I will check that out too,

cheers and welcome,
Lisa

[Bayla]

Gidson,

Great videos, very clearly explained and how nice to hear an English accent!!

Bayla

[Patty]

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain it to us. Im new at all the photoshop elements 5.0 stuff so this has helped me out a lot.

[JulieM]

Gidon: I watched the second of the tutorials and thought it was top-notch. Your explanation is really easy to understand. I'll check the others out later but just wanted to say thanks for sharing. Hope to see more in the future...

[gidon]

Thanks again for the kind replies. I'm very glad you've found them useful.
Lisa - just look under the Window menu for the Layers palette.
All the best
Gidon