Adobe Photoshop for Matte Painting
Course 5: Selections, Masks, and Channels: Quick "Q" masks
By David Vega Palacios , Graphic Designer
Joined November 2019
About the video: Quick "Q" masks
Overview
“Thanks to the quick masks you can create selections quickly and intuitively. In this unit you will learn how this selection option works and all the potential it has in editing processes.”
In this video lesson David Vega Palacios addresses the topic: Quick "Q" masks, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5: Selections, Masks, and Channels. Learn how to work with these methodologies on Photoshop.
Partial transcription of the video
“PHOTOSHOP FOR MATTE PAINTING COURSE 5 LESSON 5 Let's paint with selections: The quick "Q" masks. We will see how to use quick masks to achieve precise selections. Let's see it. A quick mask is the visual representation of a selection, with almost all the editing attributes that we find in a pixel layer, except for the color, since here we can only modify the luminosity. To create a quick mask, I can start from a selection. For example, here I will select Rectangular Marquee and I'll create a selection. Then I'll press Q on my keyboard. Now I'll be working on a quick mask. I can change the d...”
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Course summary for: Course 5: Selections, Masks, and Channels

David Vega Palacios
By David Vega Palacios
Peruvian-born David Vega is passionate about the entire creative and transformational process of a photo-compositional project. Founder of MIDAS studio, he dedicates his time to creating impossible images in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment.
He has collaborated with brands like Toyota, Movistar, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Coca-Cola, Scotiabank, UPC, Oreo, Backus, Renault, Cartavio, Honda, Ford, and many other brands and advertising agencies. In 2019, he made the “200 Best Digital Artists” list from Lürzer’s Archive.
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