Photoshop CS3 Channels & Masks: The Essentials

by Nguyen Trung Hoa Sun 22 Aug 2010, 5:44 am

Photoshop CS3 Channels & Masks: The Essentials
with: Deke McClelland

Alpha channels are collections of luminance data that control the transparency of images, and they influence just about everything in Photoshop. Coming to terms with alpha channels, also known as masks, is a surefire way to maximize results. Omni Award-winning Photoshop expert Deke McClelland leaves no pixel unturned as he explores Refine Edge, Color Range, the Channels palette, the Quick Mask mode, channel masking, blend modes, and more. After watching Photoshop CS3 Channel and Masks: The Essentials, even the most complex techniques will seem like child's play. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Table of contents
Introduction
Welcome 2:47 16.5 MB
Setting a few key preferences 3:42 6.2 MB
Loading the dekeKeys shortcuts 3:43 6.1 MB
Loading color settings into Photoshop 3:52 7.2 MB
Synchronizing color settings across CS3 3:29 6.5 MB
1. How Channels Work
Channels are everything 1:35 9.8 MB
The Channels palette 6:30 13.4 MB
Channels in color 3:57 8 MB
RGB color 4:43 8.6 MB
Single-channel grayscale 5:56 11.3 MB
Lab color 8:56 16.6 MB
CMYK plates 7:08 13.5 MB
Introducing multichannel 4:40 8.5 MB
RGB to multichannel to CMYK (and back) 6:26 11.7 MB
CMYK to multichannel to RGB 3:57 7.5 MB
Duotones, tritones, and quadtones 6:01 9.6 MB
Editing a quadtone 3:49 6 MB
Separating a composite quadtone 6:13 11.1 MB
16-bit advantages 7:36 14.2 MB
2. How Masks Work
The non-color-bearing channel 0:51 5 MB
The alpha channel 3:35 6.2 MB
The anatomy of a mask 5:19 9.5 MB
Making an alpha channel 4:28 6.7 MB
Using the new channel icons 5:18 8.7 MB
Saving an image with an alpha channel 4:38 7.6 MB
Loading an alpha channel 4:06 6.8 MB
Putting a mask into play 3:14 5.2 MB
Using additional masks 3:12 5.2 MB
Loading a mask from one image into another 5:22 8.1 MB
Viewing a mask as a rubylith overlay 4:13 7.7 MB
Changing a mask's overlay color 4:21 8.5 MB
Modifying a mask 6:33 13.4 MB
Combining masks 4:12 8.9 MB
Blending image elements 4:55 10.1 MB
The lossless translation 6:49 13.7 MB
The goodness of masks 1:56 2.2 MB
3. Selection Essentials
The selections is key, your understanding is core 1:29 9 MB
The marquee tools 5:12 8.6 MB
The lasso tools 4:38 8.7 MB
The automation tools 3:59 7.3 MB
Modifying a selection outline 3:59 6.9 MB
Moving and cloning selected pixels 3:28 5.8 MB
The floating selection 4:23 7.3 MB
Promoting a floater to a layer 3:29 6.1 MB
Nudging and aligning 6:49 11.5 MB
The Anti-alias check box 3:59 6 MB
How antialiasing works 5:06 8.6 MB
Partially selecting pixels 3:43 3.5 MB
Blurring a selection with Feather 6:28 11.8 MB
4. The Automated Selection Tools
Magic, quick, and magnetic 1:44 10.9 MB
The Magic Wand revealed 5:46 11 MB
Contiguous and Sample All Layers 4:24 8.5 MB
Changing the sample size 5:40 9.8 MB
Selecting with the Wand 4:26 8.6 MB
The Wand's fake antialiasing 3:11 6.3 MB
Dragging, dropping, and registering 4:41 8.8 MB
Perfecting your composition 6:46 11.7 MB
Meet the Quick Selection tool 6:00 9.8 MB
Using the Quick Selection tool 6:48 13.4 MB
Meet the Magnetic Lasso tool 6:30 10.4 MB
Using the Magnetic Lasso tool 5:51 11.1 MB
The new Refine Edge command 6:49 13.2 MB
The five Refine Edge slider bars 6:55 12.6 MB
Testing a refined selection outline 5:18 9.3 MB
QS + ML + RE = success 7:04 13.1 MB
5. Combining and Transforming Selections
I'm trapped! Marching ants on the loose! 1:45 10.3 MB
Add, subtract, and intersect 3:46 6.8 MB
Single-tool calculations 6:59 13.1 MB
Networking selection tools 8:57 16.5 MB
The Polygonal Lasso trick 7:13 12.2 MB
Finessing your selection outline 6:37 11 MB
Transforming and warping a selection outline 5:21 10.1 MB
Pasting an image inside a selection 6:21 11.8 MB
Shading and intersecting 6:10 9.7 MB
Combining a selection with a mask 3:50 6.8 MB
6. Color Range and Quick Mask
The best selection tool is a command 1:27 9.1 MB
Meet the Color Range command 8:18 16 MB
Working in the Color Range dialog box 4:50 4.9 MB
Primary colors and luminance ranges 5:50 7.5 MB
Sample all visible layers all the time 2:53 5.3 MB
Using the Color Range command 5:11 10.5 MB
Smoothing away auto-sharpened edges 6:05 11.8 MB
Remaking corners with the Magnetic Lasso 4:57 9.8 MB
Now for something a bit more complicated 4:53 9.6 MB
Meet the Quick Mask mode 3:56 8.8 MB
Editing in the Quick Mask mode 2:44 5.2 MB
Quick Mask and Quick Selection 7:06 12 MB
Making fine-tuned adjustments 7:48 14.4 MB
Hand-painting refinements 7:35 13.6 MB
Pasting an image in back of a selection 3:19 6.3 MB
Neutralizing a color cast 3:15 5.6 MB
7. Erase and Extract
Extraction erases pixels for good (or ill) 1:21 8.3 MB
Meet the Magic Eraser tool 4:21 4.5 MB
The Magic Eraser in action 5:00 9.3 MB
Using the Background Eraser 9:16 16.2 MB
The Background Eraser's shameful secret 6:16 12 MB
The power of partial extractions 5:47 10.9 MB
Why the Extract command erases pixels 4:21 8.6 MB
Masking a tiger (or another colorful animal) 8:50 16.8 MB
Using the Extract command 7:44 13.6 MB
Smoothing edges with Textured Image 4:17 7.6 MB
Extracting with an alpha channel 6:01 10.9 MB
Shading an extracted image 6:47 12.7 MB
Cleaning up the rough edges 4:59 9.2 MB
8. Everyday Channel Masking
It's time to select some hair 1:12 7.4 MB
Trompe l'oeil with hair 3:48 7.6 MB
Choosing a base channel 7:03 13.7 MB
Levels or curves 8:01 14 MB
Overlay painting pt. 1: The highlights 8:02 14.6 MB
Overlay painting pt. 2: The shadows 3:57 6.6 MB
Cleaning up with the Lasso 6:05 10.9 MB
Re-aliasing a selection outline 8:26 15.3 MB
Fixing the rough patches 9:44 18.3 MB
Testing your mask 7:52 12.5 MB
Creating a detailed silhouette 4:38 8.9 MB
Adding an underlighting effect 7:14 13.5 MB
Previewing the blended composition 2:55 5.6 MB
Blending hair and sky 7:11 14.9 MB
Select menu equivalents 5:59 9.1 MB
Toasting the edges 7:51 15.1 MB
Further toasting with Inner Glow 8:12 16.3 MB
Setting the image in a $3000 frame 3:26 6.6 MB
9. Compositing with Blend Modes
The world of parametric editing 1:09 6.7 MB
Bringing in a scanned logo 8:53 15.7 MB
The power of Multiply 6:27 9.4 MB
Resizing a Smart Object 7:25 13.9 MB
Invert and Screen 7:39 11.5 MB
Coloring the logo 8:29 13.7 MB
The amazing Difference logo 9:24 14.6 MB
The 25 standard CS3 blend modes 6:53 8.9 MB
Cycling from one blend mode to the next 5:26 8.6 MB
Lighten, Darken, and their composite offspring 7:37 12 MB
Screen, Multiply, Dodge, and Burn 7:28 12 MB
Why Multiply darkens (blend mode math) 5:05 6.9 MB
The seven contrast modes 8:34 12.2 MB
The two inversion modes 7:26 13.5 MB
Unearthing JPEG details with the Difference blend mode 4:53 9.5 MB
The four HSL modes 5:21 10.4 MB
Combining the effects of two blend modes 4:27 6.8 MB
To Be Continued
Bye for now! 1:38 9.6 MB

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