Masking Tutorial

[PokeLover3500M]

All your vids are awesome! I think I might actually pick up drawing again to use these techniques!

[shortcam]

dude...this was super helpful lol.

[melsr007]

This is just what I need :-) thank

[keixayaka]

YOU HAVE HELPED ME A LOT!!! YOU ARE MY NEW HERO!! :D

[FlameandFlower]

what's the shortcut for clipping?

[SleepBoySleeps]

that ending was hilarious! :p

[AppleEaterInSocks]

awesome tutorial, thanks man!

[Zaga844]

thankx

[nitrooxide9418]

dang! the most androgynous fantasy character i ever seen! Great tut, instant fav.

[Chilli0912]

Very good.

[ShapeleszCreature]

great information, thanks for this tutorial !

[SamHain1031666]

Your videos are a huge help mate, keep up the great work

[Xelentius38]

Finally i know what is mask in photoshop ;)

[TheMontegonian]

How do I change black and white in the mask layer? I'm not using a mouse to do my drawings.

[KirbyOnCronic]

I've paid universities to teach me what you've been explaining with your tutorials...gotta love the internet!

[hatarumitsarugi]

I have a question about where to find the mask. I have the premier elements 8 photoshop, and I can't find half of the things people talk about in these tutorials. Any help would be, well, helpful.

[mmca9323]

wow this was so helpful!

[CIDVICIOUS831]

this is great!! gonna come in handy!

[IdealDesignsz]

check out MINES FOR BEGINNERS : /watch?v=01I1gMpoe_w

[Geminisleviatan]

i finally understand masks hahahhah XDDDDD now my works are gonna be better and better, thanks dude !!

[ChuOnWax]

Definitely quick and helpful without a lot of sidetrack chatter. Thank you.

[RSbigdeeno1]

black and white are your opacity colours,

[kirtanloorii]

Wow. Its about time someone actually made a real tutorial video. Some of us cant afford to go to a real art school and most books art just art portfolios. Thanks.

[azzurres1]

these are exellent tips! 100% helpfull - thx!

[jadjinn]

hi, i want to ask something. I'm sort of new to photoshop and dont know so much about the gradient & masking tool. I've done the exact same thing on 3:44 -clipping mask on the layer above the clothing layer of my char. and the clothing went black to white, not any shadowy view. I know it's stupid, but I'm really curious about it. I'll be glad if you answer back.

[jadjinn]

@jadjinn nevermind, got it after i've posted the stuff.

[negi2u]

Thank you very much! This tutorial of much help in understanding masking....

[mina081785]

Tnx so much for the tutorial.. well explained \m/

[lastride29]

you are the god of tutorials.

[canihascake]

Awesome tutorial--I knew it existed but I didn't get how to do it at all until I watched this! Thanks :)))

[blaq919]

Great instructions and you're absolutely right, not until I knew about Masking is when I started using & I use it all the time now.... Great Job!

[Hunaji]

Man, this tutorial opened up a whole new world for me. I wish someone would've told me this earlier. Like many, many years ago. Thank you so much for this!

[sara2382]

Oh this is a fabulous tutorial! I already use both kinds of masks for my photography work, but I hadn't thought about all the applications it could have for drawing work too. The adding highlights in a clipping mask bit is brilliant. I'm definitely going to use these tips from now on. Thank you!

[rommelparedess]

I love you :)

[asiguere]

man oh man, thanks for posting!

btw: i'm sure i still like a douche using textures though :P

[TehMakingOf]

ehm i got another langue on my photoshop so i dont understand anything. can someone explain how i change the langue to english?

[SlappieBob]

Spread the word?

BIRD, BIRD, BIRD IS THE WORD!!

[you2449]

Much Thanks!!

This explanation of masking was brilliant in it's simplicity.

[vivelehardcore]

sounds like im talking to someone on the phone wierd

[mrmonkeydude10]

huh ive done this and it dont work :/ ive clicked on the layer mask icon and he clipping appeared but it dont do what your showing :/ whats going on?

[Orbixitron]

Thankyou! You explained it so well, it was really helpful!

[shivaefrit]

thank you!!! very helpful indeed!! :D

[MrGoodgrace]

i've learn something i well use these methods thankx

[aatif000]

ALT CTRL G trick amazing thnx alot bro

[Squival138]

really nice job on this. Ive never known wat to use layer Masks for, and Ive never asked. So happy ive seen this now, I can see itll be a great help. Should make me do my drawings quicker too :)

[falujah]

thanks for this tutorial, very useful!

[retsofnalanosaj]

Thanks Bugmeyer. Extremely helpful and easy to follow. You the man!

[iuliusCamillus]

Nice tutorial. Now I know what a clipping mask actually does. Thanx!

[Cliffburton8]

This was very helpful tutorial. I just watched 20 min of the tutvid tutorial before this and this one made alot more sense in a fraction of the time

[r4jk3]

thanks a milion times!!!!!! FINALY SOME USEFUL TUTORIAL... ARTS CANT LEARN PPL TO PAINT.. BUT THEY CAN LEARN THEM TO USE THE TOOLS IN THE RIGHT WAY.. THANKS AGAIN !!!!

[ArturShapiro]

Thanks you ^^

It was very helpful and educational.

[dcgud]

Great Job Brosif. You were a help

[murkypasta]

thanks man, i love you now :3

[eelexa]

How did you automatically select the character? Like.. when the selection was automatically shaped perfectly along its edges.

[Mangasketch1]

I thought I could get away without using these type of layers but you seem to be right,they will defenitely make me save hours and hours of work.Thank you for making me realize this

[icaropio]

thxxx i love it!

[studiomaz]

wow thank you so much this really helps a lot

[CelticReject]

You know A LOT about PS. But if you had to choose a percentage, what percentage do you think you know of all there is to know about PS? Thanks for this tut clipping masks seem very useful. Peace. CR.

[willmackay]

Great video thanks mate... I feel really enthusiastic and a little more confident now! Great artwork btw. : )

[TifaLockheart8288]

Thank you!! I have been trying to figure out layer masks forever and nothing helped because I was using elements 7. PLEASE make more tutorials!!!

Is there anyway you could make an elements tutorial?

[Alivender1]

Man you are a god, you just explained to me in 5 minutes what noone else could in 2 years!!!

[MrsPadfoot12]

God thank you so much! I had started to read up about these on another deviantart tutorial but they didn't go into it too much.

[worshipmeppl]

great tutorial great picture mad skills and sexy voice =)

[morningPMshow]

Ty so muuuuuuch I've always wondered why ppl use them !!!!

[clario85]

thank you, I always wondered why masking was necessary when I could just use the eraser tool, quick and on point!

[Synkhro]

Thanks, very helpful overview on masking techniques, What is the name of the artwork ?

[stainystainstain]

Good lad, just what I needed...

[Equalox530]

Thank you ^-^

i was confused on the shading and layer masks

but you covered both of those subjects in your videos ... thank you ^-^

[pepepochi]

great tutorial!

[91Denx]

Bugmeyer! This is an awesome tutorial! Thank you! I finally know how to use Masking! :P

[oulck]

thanks man i finally learned how this works :)

[Vash123873jr]

your great!

[SoundPath]

beautiful painting, great tutorial. This is going to make painting tech environments so much simpler. Thanks for the clear and thorough explanation.

[evilPIKAchuCHU]

that was a great tutorial thanks alot

[LordCAG]

I hate being poor

[HotSaucinBoss]

sup Bugmeyer I just got the full adobe cs4 set n I want to start bringin my sketches to life like yours, but i dont know if i should learn more bout photoshop or illustrator....which is better in your opinion bug n the rest of you u'tuber's

[shibbe619]

sweet 5/5 didnt look so closly now so look it later again but rly nice

[hakfilm]

Thanx a lot for sharing this !

You don´t talk bad at all . Good work !!!

[extincto]

thank you much

[SteevDragon67]

cool! I'll have to try this!

[ooznlhotboyzoo]

Thanks for the tutorial. I just learned something new today.

[gondola2046]

Very clear explanation, thanks!!!!!!!!!!

[RamenFreak13]

This Turtorial was really helpful for me!!!

Thanks!!

[tokes1964]

great Tutorial. I'm so glad for the audio explanation too.

Thanks

[badfish1111]

This is a great tutorial. Quick, to the point and simple. The artwork is kickass too. Good job!

[dedred5]

I understand the layer mask now,but the clipping mask part was too quick,could you get that same effect by just selecting the object on the layer and then adding your shading like you did it would keep it within the object,is it the same thing?

[skimsk808]

I use paint shop pro 8( It gets the job done). Its so hard trying to take a lot of these tutorials and translate them from photoshop into psp when there is talk of keys to press instead of CG vocabulary.

[falconlegend]

Great stuff

[necrobiskup]

thank YOU very much man !!! :) ... finaly we have a real tutorial... not another speedpainting shit "tutorial"

[shortzelda22]

This was amazing. I'd heard of clipping and layer masks but hadn't really seen what they were good for. Thanks for the overview!

[racerx11080]

excelent

[Morozov80]

oooohhhh.... ok. I'm gonna start using clipping masks and layer masks. I'm all excited about Photoshop again!.

[gino454]

layers have me perplexed...i have no grasp of how they work and the more i try to learn the more i get confused...i get some of it but the vastness makes me freeze. i can get the effects that i want, but it takes using multiple programs...painter, ability photopaint (a little know program that has all the features but crashes alot) sketchbook, photoshop and even good old paint. how to work on a background with affecting the foreground image? any help?

[Scudodipietra]

really useful! u're great!!!

[Pugsleypug]

I cannot tell you how beneficial this tutorial, and all of your tutorials, have been to me.

Thank you for doing them for us!! (｡◕‿◕｡)

[iluvmylips4372]

can you use masking on Photoshop Elements 5.0?

[fullfist]

thank you a lot

[leapfrog89]

Thanks for all of the great tutorials Peter! I am learning alot!

[mvartist123]

great tips peter. learned much...

[franklindavid]

That was helpful.

[evilmarcsonic]

really helpful

but how was the shortcut to the second type of mask ??

[BlazeEviL]

thanks that is very usefull

[thedarkcloakTDC]

That's some great stuff, definitely trying it out this weekend.

Thanks and keep them coming, dude!

[derelic7]

thank you so much for this and the other tutorials, it's been REAL helpful to me. Cheers!

[elmondark]

You can alt-erase to use history brush to paint back to, but having a layer is much better. But just wanted to tell :)

[RomeroWork]

Thx alot for the videos the way you show and explain your tutorials makes it very easy to understand your very talented please keep it up! any tutorials on restoring pics?

[achcaina00]

This is Sweetness!!!!!!

[MixMashCom]

So, basically, clipping masks are like the children of layer masks or layer transparencies, right? IE they inherit the transparency setting of the parent layer.

I just always layer mask everything but that adds up. Clipping masks may save on memory, methinks.

[skeyefeye]

very useful thank you.

[Gaia287]

wow i love u i subeed ure vids a faved u

ure a great

[msg360]

well done

[Lisaslittleluxuries]

awesome

[vikutaa]

what i'd like to know is how to put color like you do

[vikutaa]

by the way great pics your tutorials are supreme

[stickyjoe131]

I'm starting to get it. It's not one thing you do that makes a painting. It's a whole series of steps calculated steps involved. I get it now. Thanks for sharing your work flow of calculated steps.

[Jambeeno]

Nice to see bits of the process of great painters such as yourself!  Thanks for the tutorial.

[Nagatsuki]

Thanks for the tutorial.

I've literally taken out my notebook and taken notes on all of them, it's a huge help.

Thanks again.

[spongebobisverygay]

You could do classes and make a cash avalanche, man. D: Someone recommended your tutorials a few days ago and I've already started using them. Something about the way you explain it makes the whole concept sound and become easy. Thanks for not being a deuche. <3

[xxender]

i knew how to use layer masks, but thanks so much for showing clipping mask, such a helpful tool. much appreciation

[robinmitra1]

Thanks man! very nice tute from u as always :)

[thewonderfulpup]

Thanks man I always wanted to now how Masking worked for Corel Painter. Great video!

[lanantz]

i really need to watch this again and... take notes. vodalok from da.

[hangspeder]

This was very helpful, thanks. I followed your DA link here.

[xpandapix]

Oh wow.

This was SO helpful!! Thank you so much for sharing! 8D

[xsumdoodex]

this is sooo helpful dude. made my photoshop life soo much easier. thanks alot!

[Loginasdfg]

always wondered why that was for. thanks dude awsome tutorial.

[pyrokittyb]

Awesome tutorial, I have a feeling this'll come in handy. I'm always wondering what the layer masks are for since a lot of people I know use them. Thanks! :D

[OmnipotentO]

this is extremely helpful man... thank you

cant wait for the next one :D

[Observer31]

Great stuff, followed your DA link, thank you very much!

[coolwill42]

Very useful, I never really understood the layer mask particularly well, but you made clear its use very well.

[Spazmologist]

Thank you so much for this tutorial video! I was using the layer mask regularly, but I had no idea how to use the clipping mask, or how powerful it is. Your work is amazing, btw!

Peace!

[TylerAAADurden]

nice tutorial :)

[Bam1ball]

Useful tutorial!

Never understood the masking and stuff.. Now I do! xD

Thanks!

[MrsB1983]

good stuff darl. :)

[jonaman01]

dude this is awesome thanks a bunch, I'm pretty new at photoshop and I really needed this!

[BlueSkyfish]

Nice one, I used to be really annoyed at the masking as I had no idea what it was used for.

[Ikimono]

Once again, you are the single most useful person to watch doing a tutorial.

[fulle6]

very helpful, thanks again

[iTHINKGERMAN]

oh awesome

extremely useful

[Lislocat]

You're my hero. What you do is awesome! Keep it up :D :D

[MissusHow]

Very nice! I didn't know about the masking tool at all!

[studio7manga]

Holy crap, thanks for the heads up on the clipping layer, that will save me so much time. Awesome stuff man.