Photoshop Tutorial for Beginners: Learn to Apply Mask Easily

The principle of Photoshop mask is to convert different grayscale color values ​​into different transparency, and apply it to the layer where it is located, so that the transparency of different parts of the layer will change accordingly. The mask only has three colors: black, white, and gray. When combined with the brush tool, when the foreground color is completely black, the part painted by the brush can fully display the underlying image; when the foreground color is made completely white, the part painted by the brush can be fully displayed. The image displayed on the bottom layer can be restored to the image of the current layer; when the foreground is tinted to another color, it will automatically turn into the corresponding gray . When applied with a brush, it will be hazy or partially displayed as if the opacity has been adjusted. underlying image. Simply put, layer masks are a great way to blend two or more images and hide or show parts of them. Let’s illustrate it with examples:

Pull the two pictures together and use the picture with the gems as the current layer:

Click the mask button, and a white box thumbnail will automatically appear on the right side of the current layer of the gem image, as shown below:

I set the foreground color to gray, and used a brush to freely paint the oval part in the middle of the gem picture, and the underlying picture was revealed! And it will combine the two pictures very naturally. (Hurry up and try it out:) As shown below: