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 -- ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adobe Photoshop offers you as many ways to add surface damage to an image as your imagination can create. Use non-destructive methods to experiment with image treatments you can discard if you find ...