More About Masking in Photoshop . 1 The Pen Tool

There are three main with ways which you can create a mask in PS.

1 With the Pen Tool

2 With the Brush Tool

3 With the Gradient Tool.


1 With the Pen Tool

Open a New layer in PS

Select the Pen Tool

Draw the shape of the mask you wish to make

The select the Path Selection Tool and right click on the Path.

Click Make Selection.

You must choose the Feather radius you require.

A FR of 0 will give your mask a sharp edge.

A FR of 10 will give your mask a very soft edge.

Once you have made the selection, click on the make Layer Mask icon at the bottom of the Layers Menu.

Your layer should now look like this:

Now make sure that you have the Layer Thumbnail highlighted and not the Layer Mask Thumbnail.

You can now begin to paint in your mask!