Using the Quick Mask tool - Photoshop CS

In another tutorial we discussed another way to work with color masks in Photoshop. Here is another way, using the quick mask tool, that you may enjoy using more than any other method.

Masking basically means to remove one section of the image, and replace it with another color, or another image altogether.

In this tutorial we will be replacing the black background below with a white one.

First open the image you wish to play with in Photoshop. I choose this image:

Now we are going to make the mask. Click on the button labeled "Edit in Quick Mask Mode" ( or press Q on your keyboard ), and zoom in to any area that you are going to mask out on your image. ( The area you are going to change ). In the case above, we are removing the black background so we will be masking out that section.

So, to sum it up, use the pencil tool:

and a hard round brush:

( any size you feel comfortable with, use smaller brushes for more detailed areas ), and start masking!

Don't freak out when you see the color red when you are drawing around in your image, the color red indicates the area of the image you are masking out.

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