16 Easy Steps Of Photo Masking Technique For Beginners

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Photo masking technique helps where cutout can't be done. If you are a beginner this 16 steps of image masking is for you.

The photo masking technique is an artful approach that intricately separates subjects from their backgrounds, allowing for seamless edits that bring clarity, focus, and elegance to each image.

Photo Masking Technique step by step

1. Open Photoshop from your computer program.
2. Go to the “File” from the menu bar then select “Open as“.

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Open Image

3. Select your targeted photos from your storage (1) and click Open (2).

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click Open

4. Then your file is placed in Photoshop Workspace and select “Pen Tool” from Tools Panel to make “Clipping path“.

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Use the Pen Tool

5. Make a “Path 1” layer from the Path panel.

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layer from Path panel

6. Create a “Clipping path” around your targeted area.

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Clipping path

7. Make a blank layer in the layer panel.

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blank layer

8. go to “Fill” from the Edit menu bar.

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Edit menu bar

9. Click “Fill” then select “contents: white, Blending mode: normal” and press OK.

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10. Copy the “Background” layer.

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Copy Background layer

11. at now select your clipping path and inverse it.

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12. Select “Background Eraser Tool” from Tools Panel.

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use Background Eraser Tool

13. Click outside which is unnecessary and keep your targeted area.

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targeted area Select

14. and finally you got your targeted area which is what you also want.

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Final image masking

15. Go to the “File” from the menu bar then select “Save as“.

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Save  masking Image

16. Now you have seen a popup “JPEG Options” here you select “Quality: Maximum” and “Format: Standard” and click OK.

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