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" I welcome to another additional pixel perfect -- the burden on the show -- teach all kinds of Photoshop tricks and a few other things here and there. I -- a lot of emails from viewers. Wanted to see all kinds of different things well we'll show you today and that we become an answer as many emails I can't I can't personally answer every now getting a lot of I don't ask you don't get mad hopefully I'll do it -- that's on the show now one thing that most people that sport is the idea of a -- stop a layer mask. And now -- what is the difference between those two went to iTunes on when I used the other way even have to use an alpha channel I thought try to -- Now there's two very important features of -- Air -- in the office. They both work the same way before holding -- they both use the concept of from general black. The who 55 white and all those -- in between. Now the purpose of them is totally different. I know going to look at an old image -- on on tech TV to explain the layer mask at this little spike here the little electric bike. And in back of it I have another image in which I took the pen tool. And I didn't vote facing of -- now I would do the going to just take this guy and drag it right over the the image of the bite to be hold down my shift key. That make it centered. Drag it right in there and there it is right on top. And those went away now it is an hour later as you can see right there. Now what happens in the layer mask. Is that when you finally give -- to that later. You can -- review all high idol which is going there and put on a layer mask in right here layer mask. And my two choices reveal all and idle I'm gonna use review all. I'd skip right there if that little white box. Reveal all in a white box. I know -- a black box so what's going on it. The contents of that layer mask there white. That there so that's why it is we humans you the contents of that -- we have a black its gonna be hid completely at. Grays in between them level of that -- going to determine the level of capacity. -- have like a 50% gray I'm of the heat contents of that layer by that. So I'm in the layer mask -- you see the selected the rectangle around it and I get my gradient tool. And I have a set to a radial gradient Aniston's from black to white and I just throw away right through here like there. I've done I've hidden the left side of that later. And I have a gradual transition to actress and that line's going in the back. So where that layer mask is black as you see here and -- I'm hiding contents of that letter. Of that later not a beauty here is that I'm not destroying them not erasing anything so if you wanna see more of the name perhaps I go in here and create a -- and radiate little stronger like that well maybe more of the drawing there. I'm not destroying anything I'm always just playing in there with a gradient sort of brushes or any of the tools and that there has. To go and hide contents of that later. Now alpha channel is a different thing. And got this little image here. And explain you what an alpha channel. Now first of all let's start by talking about a select. I'm sure you know that when you select something like this. -- paintbrush anything that I -- it's gonna get my big brush. Making it hard and -- back pain it's gonna happen only inside that selected area right. -- select that. That's -- which now it's it's election. It's using the same concept as the layer mask by using the black to white except for a different purpose I'm gonna save this election. -- election. That's where this to say hey and nothing seems to have happened until under the -- Pallet and there it is. Now you'll notice that the era that's like that is white. Everything else -- So we are now the channel is white it's exposing my art what effect -- any effect where its black its protective. There are grace. The back they -- be and I would give that the selection a little feather -- peers say that there. If feathered -- go with a twenty. Click okay now nothing happens -- except that the rectangular marquee there became rounded. Rather than the edges because we've introduced a vignette. I think my papers now influence you that the edges. Soft. Undo that and saved the selection again. They've just like that okay now when you look at the alpha channel is that the net. We do select that and I'll do is create agreed straight gradient in -- but there's like that now. That's nice and black the right side is white with raised between. But back to my RGB and I load that channel by command click right here on via. That a decal in the palette and I human little marching ants from the 50% way over to the white. Now -- do something simple like hitting delete. In I was at the right side get the lead and left thigh with a blown but the gradual depletion and grace and do that. I bring up my hue saturation and -- polarize. -- to that saturation. Notice how to write sided be affected -- but the loan gradual colonization and goes great. And I'll just -- with a filter. NASA's stylized."

" Find edges again right sites fully affected the fact that alone gradual from the great. The alpha channel is a reusable selection that's controllable. And control how. The area is going to be exposed that's -- isn't a practical situation here. Got to those seen here. -- right now -- of slight gradient with a little extra to. Look at out layers there's a layer and it hasn't. Now this truth and pass the long shadow across the wall. I got setting sun kind of that act so that duplicate that there the one has a three. Want him back and and -- the transparency. And the that would. It there it now. I'm going to stretch that -- come up here. And -- transform scale non uniform skill I was not let that pull that shadow cross the war. It happened. I'm reduced the capacity both becomes a nice little shadow -- the transfer. Hasn't gotten a good except in situations like this that if I don't get away from the object it's casting it's as if so I'm gonna do is create an alpha channel which already have -- hit -- Look at an unpopular artwork so of the equipment read through the area that's exposed. Far and of the shadow area behind the -- is that it. So. -- both that channel. And I applied a filter to the end of that data which the perfect focus of this situation is the motion blur and stretch it out. What -- here and say -- there. Motion blur. Horizontally that's pull out a little bit let's say about about 39 that looks pretty good click okay see the effect on the far left. Gradually becoming less as it goes behind a tree would have no effect. Now it's not a good however. Still not right because as I -- wasn't an open area have been affected by ambient light. It is a good place with a layer mask. I go to -- to have the shadow right there. And I give it a layer mask. -- they review lawsuits by Tutsi. Now economic causes that black to white black its gonna hide it. I don't want a completely identify it went down so instead of using black and music -- We've gone from gray to white when I get migrating tool in the mask provided food and made it like that and -- that the -- I've got lighter. And gradually through the grades of the layer mask -- seen the full. Image of that layer the foreshadow. It was unionized. Myopic house and falling how I'm selecting an object so I can apply filters and organizations whenever in a controlled fashion. Sometimes the alpha channel. Every part that image. I've got this little photograph right here. That's great photograph free with the setting sun after this night's orange glow on it and so on all these leaves and stuff and down. But the sky is so boring. That's guys to so honed down right so a lot of people that guy look how complex that -- I'm like going there and put a select says that area of this guy and the trees along well. When -- look at the channels. The different channels that are part of this and got my red channel there's a red one does that mean one and there's the blue. Now what I'm looking for is one of those channels that's going to be the most contrast. Gonna give me like you see right here in the blue channel or that he is a fairly dart who do that would duplicate that you can. I have two channels now the image get any newer now channels and not part of the image is simply masks. Which I do something that it. I created a -- copy it made an alpha channel based on the information blew it double -- Now that I have this blue copy which is my alpha channel. But I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go in there to protect the areas of the -- that -- right here to market the -- with that red glow is and the -- that I want effect justice guy. Beneath the modified it's a little bit this particular case we're gonna do is gonna come over to my adjustments. And choose herds. And encourage to have this little pencil. And pencils -- arbitrary command which allowed him to re map positions of colors now and I've been my cursor. Into the meaning you see that org and the photograph of the little eye dropper. That and click in here and I noticed that. -- and all of nice. Tones of the bar on the lower neck of the box down here with this guy is way up there on the upper right. Gonna do that once these colors black. What all of these colors and hit the black which is going to protect the attacks and at a had a nice little math going to hear a click okay. But back to my RG BI mode that channel as just hide the marching bands that we don't do little marching ants there. Had it pick a nice blue collar and they've picked this new right here. And a lighter blue. My. Background color they -- about that. And -- migrating tool I can upload nice little news guy back in there which is much more dramatic look tonight and it's. And protect the old trees I hope you now understand what opinions about it alpha channel. And layer mask it worked the same way before it -- different purpose hope you learned something. I. Godaddy. Godaddy.com. Here are the guys will host a website -- build a website for you really cool guys and -- special. -- a little special here which I'm gonna actually go in here and -- If you entered a code -- that's the New York State that if you add to that you're gonna get an additional 10% on and the water. But for now I hope you enjoyed this so popular and something remember to play it the best way to -- sit there and play. In that show they care."

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" I welcome to another additional pixel perfect -- the burden on the show -- teach all kinds of Photoshop tricks and a few other things here and there. I -- a lot of emails from viewers. Wanted to see all kinds of different things well we'll show you today and that we become an answer as many emails I can't I can't personally answer every now getting a lot of I don't ask you don't get mad hopefully I'll do it -- that's on the show now one thing that most people that sport is the idea of a -- stop a layer mask. And now -- what is the difference between those two went to iTunes on when I used the other way even have to use an alpha channel I thought try to -- Now there's two very important features of -- Air -- in the office. They both work the same way before holding -- they both use the concept of from general black. The who 55 white and all those -- in between. Now the purpose of them is totally different. I know going to look at an old image -- on on tech TV to explain the layer mask at this little spike here the little electric bike. And in back of it I have another image in which I took the pen tool. And I didn't vote facing of -- now I would do the going to just take this guy and drag it right over the the image of the bite to be hold down my shift key. That make it centered. Drag it right in there and there it is right on top. And those went away now it is an hour later as you can see right there. Now what happens in the layer mask. Is that when you finally give -- to that later. You can -- review all high idol which is going there and put on a layer mask in right here layer mask. And my two choices reveal all and idle I'm gonna use review all. I'd skip right there if that little white box. Reveal all in a white box. I know -- a black box so what's going on it. The contents of that layer mask there white. That there so that's why it is we humans you the contents of that -- we have a black its gonna be hid completely at. Grays in between them level of that -- going to determine the level of capacity. -- have like a 50% gray I'm of the heat contents of that layer by that. So I'm in the layer mask -- you see the selected the rectangle around it and I get my gradient tool. And I have a set to a radial gradient Aniston's from black to white and I just throw away right through here like there. I've done I've hidden the left side of that later. And I have a gradual transition to actress and that line's going in the back. So where that layer mask is black as you see here and -- I'm hiding contents of that letter. Of that later not a beauty here is that I'm not destroying them not erasing anything so if you wanna see more of the name perhaps I go in here and create a -- and radiate little stronger like that well maybe more of the drawing there. I'm not destroying anything I'm always just playing in there with a gradient sort of brushes or any of the tools and that there has. To go and hide contents of that later. Now alpha channel is a different thing. And got this little image here. And explain you what an alpha channel. Now first of all let's start by talking about a select. I'm sure you know that when you select something like this. -- paintbrush anything that I -- it's gonna get my big brush. Making it hard and -- back pain it's gonna happen only inside that selected area right. -- select that. That's -- which now it's it's election. It's using the same concept as the layer mask by using the black to white except for a different purpose I'm gonna save this election. -- election. That's where this to say hey and nothing seems to have happened until under the -- Pallet and there it is. Now you'll notice that the era that's like that is white. Everything else -- So we are now the channel is white it's exposing my art what effect -- any effect where its black its protective. There are grace. The back they -- be and I would give that the selection a little feather -- peers say that there. If feathered -- go with a twenty. Click okay now nothing happens -- except that the rectangular marquee there became rounded. Rather than the edges because we've introduced a vignette. I think my papers now influence you that the edges. Soft. Undo that and saved the selection again. They've just like that okay now when you look at the alpha channel is that the net. We do select that and I'll do is create agreed straight gradient in -- but there's like that now. That's nice and black the right side is white with raised between. But back to my RGB and I load that channel by command click right here on via. That a decal in the palette and I human little marching ants from the 50% way over to the white. Now -- do something simple like hitting delete. In I was at the right side get the lead and left thigh with a blown but the gradual depletion and grace and do that. I bring up my hue saturation and -- polarize. -- to that saturation. Notice how to write sided be affected -- but the loan gradual colonization and goes great. And I'll just -- with a filter. NASA's stylized."

" Find edges again right sites fully affected the fact that alone gradual from the great. The alpha channel is a reusable selection that's controllable. And control how. The area is going to be exposed that's -- isn't a practical situation here. Got to those seen here. -- right now -- of slight gradient with a little extra to. Look at out layers there's a layer and it hasn't. Now this truth and pass the long shadow across the wall. I got setting sun kind of that act so that duplicate that there the one has a three. Want him back and and -- the transparency. And the that would. It there it now. I'm going to stretch that -- come up here. And -- transform scale non uniform skill I was not let that pull that shadow cross the war. It happened. I'm reduced the capacity both becomes a nice little shadow -- the transfer. Hasn't gotten a good except in situations like this that if I don't get away from the object it's casting it's as if so I'm gonna do is create an alpha channel which already have -- hit -- Look at an unpopular artwork so of the equipment read through the area that's exposed. Far and of the shadow area behind the -- is that it. So. -- both that channel. And I applied a filter to the end of that data which the perfect focus of this situation is the motion blur and stretch it out. What -- here and say -- there. Motion blur. Horizontally that's pull out a little bit let's say about about 39 that looks pretty good click okay see the effect on the far left. Gradually becoming less as it goes behind a tree would have no effect. Now it's not a good however. Still not right because as I -- wasn't an open area have been affected by ambient light. It is a good place with a layer mask. I go to -- to have the shadow right there. And I give it a layer mask. -- they review lawsuits by Tutsi. Now economic causes that black to white black its gonna hide it. I don't want a completely identify it went down so instead of using black and music -- We've gone from gray to white when I get migrating tool in the mask provided food and made it like that and -- that the -- I've got lighter. And gradually through the grades of the layer mask -- seen the full. Image of that layer the foreshadow. It was unionized. Myopic house and falling how I'm selecting an object so I can apply filters and organizations whenever in a controlled fashion. Sometimes the alpha channel. Every part that image. I've got this little photograph right here. That's great photograph free with the setting sun after this night's orange glow on it and so on all these leaves and stuff and down. But the sky is so boring. That's guys to so honed down right so a lot of people that guy look how complex that -- I'm like going there and put a select says that area of this guy and the trees along well. When -- look at the channels. The different channels that are part of this and got my red channel there's a red one does that mean one and there's the blue. Now what I'm looking for is one of those channels that's going to be the most contrast. Gonna give me like you see right here in the blue channel or that he is a fairly dart who do that would duplicate that you can. I have two channels now the image get any newer now channels and not part of the image is simply masks. Which I do something that it. I created a -- copy it made an alpha channel based on the information blew it double -- Now that I have this blue copy which is my alpha channel. But I'm gonna do is I'm gonna go in there to protect the areas of the -- that -- right here to market the -- with that red glow is and the -- that I want effect justice guy. Beneath the modified it's a little bit this particular case we're gonna do is gonna come over to my adjustments. And choose herds. And encourage to have this little pencil. And pencils -- arbitrary command which allowed him to re map positions of colors now and I've been my cursor. Into the meaning you see that org and the photograph of the little eye dropper. That and click in here and I noticed that. -- and all of nice. Tones of the bar on the lower neck of the box down here with this guy is way up there on the upper right. Gonna do that once these colors black. What all of these colors and hit the black which is going to protect the attacks and at a had a nice little math going to hear a click okay. But back to my RG BI mode that channel as just hide the marching bands that we don't do little marching ants there. Had it pick a nice blue collar and they've picked this new right here. And a lighter blue. My. Background color they -- about that. And -- migrating tool I can upload nice little news guy back in there which is much more dramatic look tonight and it's. And protect the old trees I hope you now understand what opinions about it alpha channel. And layer mask it worked the same way before it -- different purpose hope you learned something. I. Godaddy. Godaddy.com. Here are the guys will host a website -- build a website for you really cool guys and -- special. -- a little special here which I'm gonna actually go in here and -- If you entered a code -- that's the New York State that if you add to that you're gonna get an additional 10% on and the water. But for now I hope you enjoyed this so popular and something remember to play it the best way to -- sit there and play. In that show they care."