Flattening masked layers and the images that accompany them reduces the size of an Adobe Photoshop file. After flattening takes place, the image and masked areas -- that hide parts of an image -- ...

Masking is the secret weapon behind many jaw-dropping designs, making it one of the most powerful techniques you can master ...

If you’ve used Photoshop for image-editing, you know that the popular program can sometimes be a little intimidating for newcomers. One of the advanced, but vital tools you’ll need to get to grips ...

Remember the last time you gave your walls a fresh coat of paint? You probably used a roll of blue or beige masking tape to cover the baseboards and windows so you wouldn’t get paint on them. Masking ...

Sitting quietly in the Tools panel of the popular image editors Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, and Pixelmator, is the Gradient tool, a wonderfully useful painting tool that lets you create a ...

Editing images and producing image composites for your clients or business can require you to separate parts of a photo onto individual layers. If you've copied and pasted an entire image onto a new ...

Clipping masks are great to use as they can be used to create unique shapes. The Clipping mask can be used to protect parts of an image from edits or is can be used to make sure that edits are done to ...