Quick Mask Mode Icon
You could just feather your selection by a lot without ever using quick mask but then you can t really tell quite how feathered soft your selection is.
Quick mask mode icon. When creating selections change the quick mask options to make it easier. Double click on the quick mask icon at the bottom of the toolbox and change the color indicates from masked areas to selected areas. By default quick mask mode colors the protected area using a red 50 opaque overlay. How to use quick mask mode in adobe photoshop cs5 3 click on ok select the brush tool click and hold down on the icon and then select the brush tool.
Once you re in quick mask mode you can actually feather your selection by applying a blur filter right to your mask. A comment was posted asking if the same thing was possible using photoshop elements. This shows that areas that are de selected in red and the areas that are selected as untouched or clear. I used the.
A smaller opacity will let you see the image behind the area that you will be painting. To enter the quick mask mode press the icon as shown right here you can also toggle between regular and quick mask modes with the q keyboard shortcut. Now in quick mask mode you can paint with black on your selection to add to it. I teach this in detail in full color video in my new photoshop cs video.
Selected areas are left unprotected by this mask. To work on using the quick mask mode. The color patches above the icon turn to black and. Q is the keyboard shortcut to turn and off a the quick mask mode.
A color overlay similar to a rubylith covers and protects the area outside the selection. I recently wrote an article here on tipsquirrel about using photoshop s pencil tool to make complicated selections. When you enter the quick mask mode you get a rubylith. Near the bottom of the toolbox you can see an icon that looks a bit like a camera when you click on the icon it turns red to tell you that you are now in quick mask mode.
Once you leave the quick mask mode you need to invert the selection by pressing ctrl shift i cmd shift i and there s your selection. Now leave the quick mask mode by pressing q or by clicking on the same icon which we used to activate quick mask mode. The original tutorial used photoshop s quick mask feature.