Chapter 2. Masking Using Channels


I'll bet you're thinking one of two things when you look at the name of this chapter: (1) I didn't know you could do masking with channels, or (2) What is masking? Believe it or not, the term "masking" is one of the most misunderstood terms in all of Photoshop. It's true. In fact I'd say masking is right up there with other misunderstood Photoshop terms like bicubic resampling and in utero fertilization. That's unfortunate, because when you break it down, it's really quite simple. For example, the word "mask" is from the Latin root themask, which means "Jim Carrey movie." The "-ing" is the subjugated verb of the independent clause meaning "I don't deduct payroll taxes." Put them together and what have you got? Bippity, boppity, boo. (See, this is why they make me stick with step-by-step tutorials in the rest of the book, rather than more of these riveting narratives.) Okay, back to our story, which is to not explain what masking is. The reason why is, in the first few pages of this chapter I have gone to great lengths (and by great I mean minor) to create not a tutorial, not an article, but a "masking-in-the-real-world treatise." By the way, I have no idea what treatise means. However, I do know the Latin root.



The Photoshop Channels Book
The Photoshop Channels Book
ISBN: 0321269063
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2006
Pages: 82
Authors: Scott Kelby

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