This Photoshop tutorial will teach you how to use quick masks. Quick masks are similar to the selection tools but are more useful as it give you more control.

Learn how to use the quick mask tool in your Photoshop creations.

Paint a powerful Selection into place by using the 'Quick Mask Mode'.

A list of methods most commonly used for creating selection masks.

Learn how to use quick mask mode to cut out people and objects from their backgrounds.

How to create a mask and paint on it

Layer masks offer thousands of possibilities. Want to know about them? Step inside!

Learn about layer masks and all the fun things they can do for you.

Another Mask feature producing more flexibility and control to this knockout effect.

An introduction to the basic concept of applying a mask, performing a test render and creating a cut out in Fluid Mask, a Photoshop plug-in.

Appling a 'Layer Mask' to a complex selection can achieve a nice knockout effect without destruction to your original pixels.

Photoshop's Unsharp Mask is a great way to add a little sparkle to eyes and a smile-but how do you avoid sharpening the skin and bringing out the wrinkles?

The ultimate guide to layer masks: techniques, examples, shortcuts, and tips.

Flame effect tutorials abound on the internet, but most of them are quite fiddly and take forever. You can, however, break the mould with this simple tutorial that takes under 10 minutes to complete and can be applied to anything. And hey... the results look pretty darned realistic too! ;)

This tutorial explains how to do vector, engraved text, watermark, barcodes, colorize, and pixel shadow quickly!

This tutorial details a quick technique for converting a bland mid-day photo into a dramatic sunset scene.??The results aren't perfect, but for the little time it takes you to do, the resulting images are surprisingly artistic and well defined.

Quick masks are a handy little Photoshop- feature that many people don't even know about.

This week I'll show you a quick way to turn your photos into a line art drawing.

Using a gradient and the Render> Difference Clouds filter, we can quickly create a number of different types of backgrounds.

Creating these little technological marvels may seem easy enough in theory, but in practice they are rather fiddly to make, and the random distribution of the lines is particularly hard to duplicate. Learn a simpler and quicker method in this tutorial...