This one deals with some techniques to create masks in Photoshop, and how to then apply editing steps with/within the masks.
There are several techniques to accomplish this, and I am simply showing some of them.
I have made an overview using several different images, and using different styles of masking for different purposes. As it will be difficult to see the process steps here, I have created a PDF file which can be downloaded - Click here
Due to its size, the document is in four sections. The above link will take you to part one and all the other parts can then be downloaded from there.
Please download and, above all, enjoy.
For reference, here are a couple of the original 'as-shot' images followed by the image as edited using the techniques as described.
In this first one, the idea was to completely remove the background to create a 'clipping mask'.
The original image.
The completed image.
With this next one, the goal was to balance shadows and highlights.
The original image.
The completed image.
Hope you find it helpful.
Cheers
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