www.focalpress.com 20% OFF ALL FOCAL PRESS BOOKS – Use offer code YT007 at www.focalbookstore.com In this video David Asch and Steve Caplin show you how to fool Elements into creating a Layer mask using the grouping tool. This video is taken from How to Cheat in Photoshop Elements 6. For more information about the book and other free tutorials visit www.focalpress.com
May 17th, 2010 at 11:32 pm
Well I cant seem to make this work. I follow the instructions and get lost along the way. When I paint in black i get a black splodge and when I paint in white I get a white splodge. I must be a clutz as Ive tried and tried but no luck
May 18th, 2010 at 12:11 am
You bet.
May 18th, 2010 at 1:03 am
thank you
May 18th, 2010 at 1:30 am
Very cool. Thanks for the lesson.
May 18th, 2010 at 2:08 am
If the overlapping circles don’t appear, go to layer, than hit: Create Clipping Mask
May 18th, 2010 at 3:01 am
DAMN IT!!!!! LMAO i wish I had seen this vid a long time ago!! lol. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!! lol.
May 18th, 2010 at 3:01 am
you must have the layer above the mask then alt click in between them
May 18th, 2010 at 3:42 am
Thats a funny pic. You should create a GIF of the kid coming in & out of the man hole. ha ha
May 18th, 2010 at 4:11 am
Thats because you’re moving the layer. Without holding down the left mouse button, hold alt & drag the cursor between the layers. When the icon changes to 2 rings then left click. Or just simply hit ctrl G for group.
May 18th, 2010 at 4:49 am
Same here. Why doesnt it slide? It just duplicates itself.
May 18th, 2010 at 5:26 am
in this video he shows a way that you can put the cursor in between the photo and the adjustment layer and by holding the alt key and sliding you can move it. I tried that and he kept duplicating itself. it did not look anything like the video
May 18th, 2010 at 5:45 am
What do mean by Alt and sliding?
May 18th, 2010 at 6:43 am
the alt and sliding part did not work? how do you make it work?
May 18th, 2010 at 7:36 am
THANK YOU! LIFESAVER
May 18th, 2010 at 8:22 am
DIDNT FREAKIN WORK!
May 18th, 2010 at 9:18 am
maybe you’re brushing out of the mask, when you do that, you apply color right over the layer instead of masking it… try clicking the mask next to your layer before brushing it
May 18th, 2010 at 9:25 am
Thanks mate. Everything worked out as it is shown in the video. This was a great Adobe Photoshop tutorial video about the power of masks. Nice and easy.
May 18th, 2010 at 9:32 am
do you have the image files that were used?
May 18th, 2010 at 9:43 am
wow.. I’m so in awe! now i”ll have to find something and try it out thx!!!
May 18th, 2010 at 10:39 am
ohh yeaa
thats cool.
thanks man you are really helping.
May 18th, 2010 at 11:32 am
By far, this is the BEST and most useful tutorial I have seen yet, and believe me , I have watched hundreds!
Thank You!
May 18th, 2010 at 12:01 pm
You’re Doing it Wrong :B
May 18th, 2010 at 12:16 pm
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!!!!
May 18th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
wow.
this REALLY HELPED.
over and over have i watched tutorials on how to do this and yours is the only one that i understood and was able to figure out!
thanks SO much=]]]]]]
May 18th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
mines brushing black instead of ‘deleting’. helppp.