Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
Adding a vector mask
In this next section, you will paint on the of the Right Side layer.
1
Make sure that you have the Right Side layer selected, and click the Add layer mask icon ( ) at the
bottom of the layer panel.
2
Select your Paint Brush by pressing the
B
key, then right-click the canvas to bring up the brush selec-
tion menu. Choose a soft round brush (Hardness 0% and Opacity 50%) and paint out some of the hard
edges. Now that the right side is looking better, it's time to look at the left side.
Softening the edges.
3
Next stage is to soften the left side layer's edge. Using the same technique as with the Right Side layer,
create a new mask, and using a soft brush, paint around the sharp edges.
Softening the left side.
Retouching the frog's nose
Now you will work on the frog's nose. You will start by opening up a different file from your lessons
folder.
1
Choose File > Open, and from the advps06lessons folder, open the image called
frog_2.tif
, an image
of the frog appears.
2
Select the Lasso tool ( ), reset your feather value to
0px
, and then click and drag a selection around
the nose.
