How to Smooth Edges in Photoshop. Select and mask 2/2

How to use Select and Mask in Photoshop to cut out smooth edges. Colin Smith explains how Photoshop Select and Mask works part 2 of 2.

00:00 Intro
00:12 Making the selection around the car
01:02 Manually fixing details (The tools)
02:10 Additional Tools - Object selection and Lasso
03:02 Global Refinement Tools
03:33 Smooth Tool
03:45 Feather and Contrast. How they work in Photoshop
04:50 Shift Edge
06:17 Making further refinements with Masks

#Photoshop #masks #edges #selectandmask

[RFVisionary]

👍🏻 Valid also for part 2: another excellent tutorial.

The precise script of the spoken description makes understanding even easier.

Also the special note that this is about HOW the individual settings of the tools work, and not HOW WELL they can do it.

"I'll be back." ☺️

[stevejarvis]

Thanks for the second part Colin, I've bookmarked the two videos in this min series as my `go to` videos on refining edges. Cheers

[cliffordsalmon]

This is the best explanation on Select and Mask I have ever come across. Thanks so much Colin!

[photonsonpixels]

Thank you for the mini master course on masking Colin. Aspects of which I had never seen presented by other top rated photographers in Youtube. Brilliant!

[timobrien]

Finally learning how to use these tools effectively - thanks very much

[Keith]

I will be back with my own images to follow these two videos.

[DesignWho]

Thank you for sharing this. You nailed it..!! I'm gonna save this to a playlist and I'll see







YOU👉... at the cafe

[averylittle]

Superb, thank you very much. As I get older my brain cells get steadily more gausian blured and my edges are defintiley shifting. But I can cope with this, I think.

[ozcancan]

thank you for all tutorial video..but plase make a deteiled video about selective colors on photoshop

[williamcollins]

Great information.saving..thank you....

[waynelytton]

Since the cloud choice for select subject is best, this makes one wonder why it's not the default choice.

[sanjeevatre]

Nice to watch such small videos, these help to refresh the knowledge. Would you do any extensive video to cut out some complex wildlife images? I can send you some such images.

[simprodigy]

Stop blabbering and get to the point waste of time

[radiancereclamation]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:

00:00 *🖌️ Introduction to Select and Mask for background removal*
- Tutorial on using Select and Mask in Photoshop for selections and background removal.
- Demonstrates using the Select Subject tool and Object Selection tool for refining edges.
01:54 *🛠️ Detailed use of Select and Mask tools*
- Explains the use of brush tools for manual refinement and the importance of viewing options for mask assessment.
- Introduces the use of Lasso and Polygon Lasso tools for selecting and refining straight edges.
03:19 *📐 Techniques for smoothing and refining edges*
- Discusses methods for achieving smooth edges using the smooth, feather, and contrast sliders.
- Demonstrates the impact of Gaussian blur and the use of the shift edge slider for edge compression.
05:36 *🎨 Final adjustments and layer mask creation*
- Covers the use of decontaminate colors to reduce edge halo and the importance of subtle adjustments.
- Shows how to create a new layer with a layer mask for further manual refinements with brushes.

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