Mask Like a Pro in Photoshop... with KNOCKOUT LAYERS!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this video, we'll check out a layer setting in Photoshop that just might disrupt your whole layer mask approach! Using knockout layers, we can bring the full power of regular layers (Smart Objects, Text Layers, Layer Effects) into the world of masks.
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Wow that's very very cool to hear, thank you. It's super rewarding to bounce this stuff off of other designers... a client can get stoked about something that looks cool, but sometimes the thing you really want to share is how it's done
100%, I've learned as much from Brady as I have from all my other photoshop mentors combined.
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if only AE had this options u.u
Yep. Never heard of this technique. Great tip!
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Been using photoshop for 5 years now and I’ve never heard of a knockout layer before this has actually exploded my mind
I can think of so many uses for live text as a mask - this is a revelation
That's great! Sometimes it's hard for me to think of examples of where things will be useful, I just know they happen all the time!
Brady's out here doing God's work. Thanks for the tutorial, this is gonna change the hell out of my workflow.
Nice!! Ya I actually know an artists who takes any textures she downloads and immediately converts them to transparent versions - drop em into a comp and they're like instant-masks
Finally, a mostly non-destructive masking method for PS. Amazing, as always, Brady!
I’ve used photoshop for 20 years. This is new to me. Thanks!
This video opened my eyes to many more interesting possibilities. Once I master the steps involved I can see this being useful again and again and again.
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I've used PS since the original Beta and never saw these techniques. I need to rewatch this. Thanks!
I’ve been using photoshop since the early 90s and I’m not really one for tutorials. I thought I knew everything, but then I stumbled on to your videos. Truly a wizard! I wish I had the time to experiment and find things like this myself, but staying busy is its own blessing, I guess!
I have been using PS for over a decade. Your videos get me excited to learn again and see the 90% of the tool I am not using. Thank you for your content.
Awesome tutorial!! Once again, you amaze us with your in depth knowledge of Photoshop! Thank you Sensei, always learning!
I just put it to use as well!!
My pleasure, thank you Tom!!
Even as a Photoshop veteran, i'm always learning something new and valuable on this channel. Thank you for your incredible content!
You have literally took the most mundane and overlooked features in PS and made it interesting and technical game changer. When I was getting started in my design career I remember this photocopy/distressed print style was super popular, c2006. My creative director at the time used this plugin to get this look but the results were seemingly millions of masks and a complete nightmare to work from.
My favorite thing about this channel is that every time I get some unexpected ways to develop creativity. Despite the fact that I have been using Photoshop for many years now, I can always find something new here. Thank you!
I've been using Photoshop since version 3 and I never knew this was an option, yet was something I always wished I could do. Smart object masks will change my workflow forever.
No it used to be called "knockout" layer, I used to use it on text to add an image fill in photoshop 8 or 9. And I'm pretty sure I didn't do it with it called knockout in Corel Draw 8 at that time. You know, it had that cool pic in the title graphic of Hedy Lamarr for that version of Corel 🖥
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This video felt like a Magician showing how he hides his cards o_o ... I can't believe how many things I learned within 10 minutes. Great job!!
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I looked for your portfolio but couldn't find it anywhere. Seeing your previous work probably helps many people to imagine where this thing could go. On the other hand, how cool it is not to be found🤘
This is mindblowing! Thank you! ♥
I've always thought there should be a way to have smart objects as masks, and now I've learned that there is.
Brady, thank you so much for all the amazing material you put out.
AMAZING ! A non stop learning here... Thank you Brady.
This is pretty cool! Opens up a whole new world of possibilities for me.
This just opened the door to so many creative ideas, thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
can't stop learning things from you its crazy
thank you !!
So many excellent little tips in your videos. Thank you.
Best tutorials ever. I'm not even talikng about the content itself which is mindblowing, I'm talking about how you explain not only *how* you do stuff but exactly *why*. I've learnt a lot from this channel, Thank you so much Brady, you're a demigod.
Very cool, thanks Ran! I don't post quite as often as a lot of channels - partly cause I'm thinking over and over about the best way to approach a topic... Glad the end result is useful for you!
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OMG! Each of your tutorials feels like learning photoshop again!! after 10+ years in design, feels great discovering new techniques as this one!!, I'm a selftaught designer and by that I mean I'm always trying to search for better ways to create and to improve my work by being like a curious kid with a new electronic pushing buttons, turning knobs and wondering what ifs on the multiple combinations of variables that photoshop gives, and I've never knew this setting. Thanks a lot for your videos, each one is a masterclass!!
Oh my God, I love you! I only had a small understanding of what a Knockout layer is and how it works, but I never thought of it as a mask layer the same way I do with masks themselves and this was a legitimate mind blowing moment because it solves a issue I was having with Photoshop for some time now! Thank you so much!
I’ve been using knockout masks for a while (mostly for live text mask), but this video has taken it to another level.
Also love the high pass nugget at the end.
Thank you!
Great stuff, thank you! So glad I watched this on a whim.
Its been a while since I have an OMG moment with a Photoshop tutorial. This technique opened up so many possibilities for me. Thank you so much.
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Outstanding... as always...
Like I say it before, many times in your channel,
a complete different level of tutorials and techniques.
Thanks...!
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Haha awesome, thank you Kirsty!
Jaw-droppingly effective and controllable. Thank you for posting this outstanding tutorial. Not only are the conceptual tools you show us life changing for workflow and creativity : the videos are crafted superbly, create maximum clarity as to what we need to be doing/focusing on in the Photoshop workspace.
Amazing! absolutely adding this to my everyday workflow.
Once again, brilliant...What I love about Texturelabs/Brady's Ps video tutorials are that you are learning techniques and methods that you can actually use on a regular basis in you work, not things that are basically just a gimmick/fad..No, these are the things you can use in your regular workflow, that do have an intrinsic value..great stuff!
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Seriously your channel has really helped me grow VASTLY in such a short amount of time because of how well you explain them. Sure it may take me several tries step by step, but ultimately end up executing the design and adding my own flare to them. Has really helped with my designs with clients for my business. I very much appreciate you!
5 months ago I did not understand what this video was... But now it all feels right... Thank you Brady
I know, you've taught . It ans so much to so many people, you are helping us pursue our dreams! Love from Sweden
Mind Blown! Completely different approach than what I'm used to, and after seeing it... Wow! Thank you so much for putting this together in such a concise and fantastic way!
Just stumbled upon this channel and this video is an instant subscribe from me. Great technique, well presented, and the video's no longer than it should be. Love it!
This is perfect, I can see this simplicity of work flow that this allows when compared to masking. One of my pet peeves about masking, is exactly what you were saying, the limitations of quality and freedom to change it to something else. Thank you for making this video
Dude. What!
I've been using Photoshop professionally since 2000 and I always learn something useful in these videos.
Love learning new stuff! Thank you!
Awh man, if i had known this before .... It would have saved me so much time.
What an awesome tutorial!
Your channel inspire me to learn and do more photoshop, desing and image editing.
Please keep up with the good content as always!
Very cool, appreciate the kind words!
Masterful presentation and great tutorial.
OMG! This tutorial was so helpful that I can’t even find words to describe how much this is going to revolutionize my workflow.
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first video I ever saw, and you got me valready subscribed. Thank you.
You're a genius. I always learn new tricks in each of your videos.
Awesome, genuinely useful workflow change! Great explanation as well
Mind blown!! 😮
I can't believe that after using Photoshop for over 20 years there are still handy features I hadn't understood the usefulness of. Thank you so much Brady for bringing all these awesome features to light! 🤩👍👍
Wow I just learned so much in one video. Thank you! I will rewatch this a couple of times, but definitely adding this to my daily workflow.
WOW - finally I understand this - I've been trying to get it to work for literally YEARS!!! Brilliant video
This is amazing, thank you so much for everything you publish!
_Genius-level expertise!!!! You taught me something new today. Definitely liked this video, big time!!!_
Every single tutorial you post is an eye opener. Specially for beginners like me.
More than 20 years using Photoshop and I´m always learning a lot with tutorials like this. Awesome. Thank you!
Thank you Brady for bringing new and creative ways to use Photoshop. Very much appreciated!
Glad to, thanks Raz!
Super useful!!! Thank you.
Just Brilliant! I was aware of knockout layers but sorta just messed around with them once,so they didn’t stick in my workflow. With your tutorial now, I’m eager to revisit them! Thanks again 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I am consistently amazed by the things you teach me, having already been using photoshop for more than a decade. I don't even need to know the topic any more, Texturelabs has a new video? I am going to watch it. My hat is off to you sir.
How clever thinking is that! Instant follow!
Thank you, Brady. I have been working recently with complicated layer masks and have been frustrated with the limitations. In the back of my mind I had hoped Adobe would come up with some updates to make things easier. This tutorial has solved the problems.
Amazing! Having been doing follow ups of the new features in Photoshop. So basically, this is quite be for me.
Thank you for sharing.
Top notch! As usual. Excellent! Thanks!
Wow, exactly what I've been looking for. Thank you, looks like I'm about to spend a whole day in Photoshop.
That was incredible. Thank you!
I've been using photoshop for over 20 years, and continuously learn new stuff from the videos you put out. Thank you!
Wow. I didn't know that. This definitely changes my way of working in Photoshop. Great tutorial!
Just brilliant, yet again.
I've been using this program for a while now and after any of your tutorial i feel like I just installed it. Great work man you really make me love and understand my work better.
Thank you very much Brady, for sharing these valuable techniques! Awesome indeed. ❤️
I am a professional photo retoucher and I have been working in commercial photography post production for 10+ years and i never... NEVER heard of this technique. I have to say my work is very much raster based so I never really had a feeling there is nothing groups and layer masks can't do... but this Knockout layer technique opens up for an amazing range of possibilities... thank you so much for sharing this... I discovered your channel yesterday, you are an amazing teacher and your knowledge really inspires me. RESPECT!
Very good idea and tutorial! Thank you
MINDBLOWING TUTORIAL AS ALWAYS!!
Thank you so much 😀
Sooo cool. Love it. This method just opened up a whole new world to me. Thanks for this super detailed explanation about knockout layers. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Awesome
And very good and detailed explanation of how it works
I’ve been using PS for 20yrs and this has just blown my mind. Absolutely amazing! 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
This is really helpful and well explained. Thanks a bunch!
Very goog job ! Félicitations pour cette approche astucieuse !
I can't believe such an intuitive feature is hidden so unintuitively. When I started with Photoshop, I often wanted to cut out a shape from a one layer out of another layer, ideally while preserving that shape as a vector object so I can continue to reshape it if necessary. Naturally, I was directed to using masks, but they seemed so restrictive. Why can I only add one layer mask and one vector mask? Why can't i use a vector mask on a vector layer? I kind of hated it. But lo and behold, knockout layers - exactly the thing I was looking for with all the flexbility I was hoping for. You can add 35 knockout layers to a single target layer if you wanted to, easily toggle any of them while their content can be literally anything. My god, the QoL improvement. Thanks a lot!
As a Designer Myself i may have watched like a ton of Ps tutorials by now but the Quality Content this guy provides is something else.!!! Thank u soo much man. This is really inspiring.