Masks

The first mask that I made in Photoshop was the layer mask. The layer mask was really simple and easy to make. I used a picture of someone scuba diving then I typed in the word Scuba on a different layer. I then made it look like the word scuba transparent. This mask was easy to make and if I ever want to have words be transparent for like a poster I can use what I learned when making this.

The next mask that I created in Photoshop was the Blur mask. I was given a picture of a kid on a swing and I used the blur effect to make it look like the kid is swinging. I can use this mask type for anything that would look like it was in motion for example a car or a person doing a certain activity.







The last mask that I made was the clipping mask. The word I used was KAMFAM which is what fans of a duo Kalin and Myles are called. I had to type each letter of KAMFAM out on each of it's own layer. I then took an image of Kalin and/or Myles and put it over the image. After the image was placed in the correct place I created a clipping mask so the picture transformed into the letter. I continued this to each letter and after all the letters were complete I added a stroke to the outside of each letter. To add a stroke to each letter you had to create a layer style then add a stroke to the outside of each letter. Once there was a stroke on each letter I added a shadow to the text. I learned how to create a clipping mask and I also learned that you can add a stroke to the letters if you like.