Ps Channels and Masks with Deke McLelan

Release date:2018, September 25

Duration:07 h 37 m

Author:Deke McClelland

Skill level:Intermediate

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Table of Contents

Introduction

Welcome to Channels and Masks 5m 20s

Loading Deke’s custom dekeKeys shortcuts 5m 58s

Adjusting the RGB and CMYK color settings 6m 52s

Setting up a pro-level workspace 6m 2s

Thumbnails and transparency 5m 48s

1. How Channels Work

It all starts with a channel 1m 49s

Introducing the Channels panel 4m 25s

How color channels work 6m 5s

Viewing channels in color 4m 12s

How RGB works 4m 15s

Single-channel grayscale 6m 21s

Drafting a mask with Black & White 7m 18s

The other 3-channel mode: Lab 6m 26s

The final color mode: CMYK 8m 7s

How CMYK works 5m 49s

Mask in RGB. copy to CMYK 8m 25s

2. How Masks Works

The alpha channel is home to the mask 1m 34s

The origin of the alpha channel 3m 48s

How masks work 7m 32s

Saving a selection as a layer mask 6m 6s

Creating an alpha channel 5m 44s

The Save Selection as Channel icon 7m 51s

Loading a selection from a channel 6m 31s

Loading a selection from a layer 5m 5s

Loading a selection from a different image 6m 14s

Sweetening the final composition 4m 55s

3. The Color Range Command

The best selection tools are commands 2m 9s

A brief Magic Wand refresher 4m 36s

Introducing the Color Range command 4m 15s

Working in the Color Range dialog box 4m 56s

Localized color clusters 5m 45s

Selecting complex organic details 5m 59s

Using Color Range to augment a mask 4m 27s

Finessing and feathering a layer mask 6m 43s

Creating a zoom effect with Pinch 7m 2s

Isolating Color Range inside a marquee 7m 6s

Inverting everything with type 6m 58s

Increasing the legibility of type 4m 1s

4. Select – Subject

Just choose a command and let it run 1m 44s

Introducing Select – Subject 3m 27s

Select – Subject vs. Color Range 4m 1s

Combining selections 6m 1s

Softening edges with the Blur tool 7m 40s

Smoothing edges with the Smudge tool 5m 29s

Adding depth of field to a background 6m 54s

5. The Focus Area Command

The Hail Mary of automated selections 1m 32s

Edges vs. noise 3m 40s

A brief Quick Selection refresher 5m 19s

Expanding a selection with Select – Similar 5m 43s

Introducing the Focus Area command 7m 39s

Using the Focus Area brush 4m 58s

Focus Area vs. Select – Subject 6m 38s

Bringing in some better hair 5m 53s

Viewing mask and image at the same time 7m 4s

Non-destructive feather and density 4m 51s

Masking a gradient layer 4m 44s

6. Refining Selections and Masks

The joy of automated refinement 2m 15s

Introducing Select and Mask 6m 17s

Applying global refinements 2m 53s

Edge Detection: Radius and Smart Radius 3m 14s

Painting with the Refine Edge brush 3m 15s

Decontaminating colors 6m 23s

Selecting before you refine 4m 29s

The legacy Refine Edge command 4m 27s

Further refining with Refine Mask 4m 39s

Matching the lighting of your scene 2m 57s

7. Extracting Masks from Channels

Mastering channel operations 2m 55s

Introducing the Calculations command 2m 14s

Previewing channels with Calculations 4m 37s

Blending two channels together 5m 20s

Increasing the contrast of a channel 6m 25s

Filling in regions with the Brush tool 8m 32s

Using the Add and Subtract modes 6m 50s

The Black and White Point eyedroppers 3m 5s

Soft Light, Overlay, and Hard Mix 3m 25s

Painting with the Overlay mode 5m

Combining alpha channels to make a mask 4m 38s

8. Compositing: Putting It All Together

The power of compositing 2m 7s

Smooth edges and color fringing 5m 6s

Assigning a shortcut to Refine Edge 3m 23s

Correcting wispy edges with Refine Mask 4m 10s

Bolstering hair or fur with a blended layer 4m 20s

Combining your refined layer masks 5m 17s

Dressing up a bad background 4m 35s

Masking a background image 5m 59s

From alpha channel to filter mask 2m 28s

Darkening a sky with Gradient Overlay 2m 33s

Creating a synthetic snow effect 4m 41s

Enhancing your snowflakes 4m 32s

Adding a snowflake bokeh on the lens 3m 42s

Conclusion Wrapping it all up 4m 50s

0 – Introduction 01 – Welcome to Channels and Masks 02 – Loading Dekes custom dekeKeys shortcuts 03 – Adjusting the RGB and CMYK color settings 04 – Setting up a pro-level workspace 05 – Thumbnails and transparency

1 – 1. How Channels Work 06 – It all starts with a channel 07 – Introducing the Channels panel 08 – How color channels work 09 – Viewing channels in color 10 – How RGB works 11 – Single-channel grayscale 12 – Drafting a mask with Black & White 13 – The other 3-channel mode- Lab 14 – The final color mode- CMYK 15 – How CMYK works 16 – Mask in RGB, copy to CMYK

2 – 2. How Masks Works 17 – The alpha channel is home to the mask 18 – The origin of the alpha channel 19 – How masks work 20 – Saving a selection as a layer mask 21 – Creating an alpha channel 22 – The Save Selection as Channel icon 23 – Loading a selection from a channel 24 – Loading a selection from a layer 25 – Loading a selection from a different image 26 – Sweetening the final composition

3 – 3. The Color Range Command 27 – The best selection tools are commands 28 – A brief Magic Wand refresher 29 – Introducing the Color Range command 30 – Working in the Color Range dialog box 31 – Localized color clusters 32 – Selecting complex organic details 33 – Using Color Range to augment a mask 34 – Finessing and feathering a layer mask 35 – Creating a zoom effect with Pinch 36 – Isolating Color Range inside a marquee 37 – Inverting everything with type 38 – Increasing the legibility of type

4 – 4. Select – Subject 39 – Just choose a command and let it run 40 – Introducing Select – Subject 41 – Select – Subject vs. Color Range 42 – Combining selections 43 – Softening edges with the Blur tool 44 – Smoothing edges with the Smudge tool 45 – Adding depth of field to a background

5 – 5. The Focus Area Command 46 – The Hail Mary of automated selections 47 – Edges vs. noise 48 – A brief Quick Selection refresher 49 – Expanding a selection with Select – Similar 50 – Introducing the Focus Area command 51 – Using the Focus Area brush 52 – Focus Area vs. Select – Subject 53 – Bringing in some better hair 54 – Viewing mask and image at the same time 55 – Non-destructive feather and density 56 – Masking a gradient layer

6 – 6. Refining Selections and Masks 57 – The joy of automated refinement 58 – Introducing Select and Mask 59 – Applying global refinements 60 – Edge Detection- Radius and Smart Radius 61 – Painting with the Refine Edge brush 62 – Decontaminating colors 63 – Selecting before you refine 64 – The legacy Refine Edge command 65 – Further refining with Refine Mask 66 – Matching the lighting of your scene

7 – 7. Extracting Masks from Channels 67 – Mastering channel operations 68 – Introducing the Calculations command 69 – Previewing channels with Calculations 70 – Blending two channels together 71 – Increasing the contrast of a channel 72 – Filling in regions with the Brush tool 73 – Using the Add and Subtract modes 74 – The Black and White Point eyedroppers 75 – Soft Light, Overlay, and Hard Mix 76 – Painting with the Overlay mode 77 – Combining alpha channels to make a mask

8 – 8. Compositing- Putting It All Together 78 – The power of compositing 79 – Smooth edges and color fringing 80 – Assigning a shortcut to Refine Edge 81 – Correcting wispy edges with Refine Mask 82 – Bolstering hair or fur with a blended layer 83 – Combining your refined layer masks 84 – Dressing up a bad background 85 – Masking a background image 86 – From alpha channel to filter mask 87 – Darkening a sky with Gradient Overlay 88 – Creating a synthetic snow effect 89 – Enhancing your snowflakes 90 – Adding a snowflake bokeh on the lens

9 – Conclusion 91 – Wrapping it all up

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