Adobe Photoshop for Beginners
Course 3: Cut It Out: Refine the Edges and Add New Backgrounds
By Harrison Kuykendall , Digital Artist
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Refine the Edges and Add New Backgrounds
Overview
“In this unit, we’ll go over methods of cleaning up the edges of our masks. Sometimes the edges of your mask need to be a bit softer in certain places but have more sharpness in others. Using the refine edge dialog we’ll go over how to remedy these mask imperfections. ”
In this video lesson Harrison Kuykendall addresses the topic: Refine the Edges and Add New Backgrounds, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 3: Cut It Out. Learn to master the art of masking.
Partial transcription of the video
“PHOTOSHOP / COURSE 3 LESSON 5 Refine the edges and add new backgrounds In this unit, we'll go over how to use the Refine Edge dialog. Oftentimes when you create a mask, portions of it will be either too hard or too soft, and using the Refine Edge dialog we can remedy these issues. Let me show you what I mean. We have a lot of great tools like the Magic Wand and Quick Selection to help us make masks on the fly and very quickly and fluidly. However, sometimes these masks are gonna leave us with edges that are a bit too sharp and crisp. You'll see this edge is very fine, little hair, so that w...”
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Course summary for: Course 3: Cut It Out
Harrison Kuykendall
By Harrison Kuykendall
Harrison Kuykendall is a digital artist living in New York City who specializes in creative retouching and design using Adobe Photoshop. He is the owner and founder of HE–Studios, a Brooklyn based post-production studio whose client list includes Target, Stella Artois, Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs, Aveeno, Champion, and Diane von Furstenberg.
Harrison and his studio are focused on retouching stills and creating animations for large scale global advertising campaigns that can be seen on billboards and screens around the world. When he’s not experimenting in Photoshop or the rest of the Adobe Creative Suite, you can find him relaxing with his three cats or creating music for his synthpop band BHuman.
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