Photoshop Tutorials

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Step 4

The skin tone looks more even now, but the Invert adjustment layer affected the entire image. We need to use a layer mask to hide the effect. Before we can do that, we need to create a selection of the skin. There are many ways to create a selection:

• Quick Selection Tool
• Magic Wand Tool
• Lasso Tool
• Color Range Selector

The tool you use depends on the image you are editing. For the image used in this tutorial, the Color Range selector is the quickest way to create the selection. The Color Range selector may be found in the Select menu.

Step 5

Now that we have a selection of the skin, press Shift+Ctrl+I to inverse the selection or open the Select menu and click Inverse.

Step 6

Make sure that the layer mask is activated. There should be a white thumbnail around the layer mask. Press delete to erase the contents in the selection and now the layer mask should have the skin in white and everything else in black.