Hey.. are you still there? Why my selection result is diferent? Do you know why my path selection is hiding the objec selected, not the around of the object selected? Thanks...
To invert a vector mask: Highlight the path with the pen tool (ctrl click it). Go to the pen tool options on the top bar. Find the path operations drop down (it looks like two square on top of each other). select one of the other options from that list.
Really great tute Aaron, my only complaint is 'very small': sometimes you aren't zoomed in very much, and it's hard to see what you're doing with your cursor. I'm sure it looks fine on your screen, but viewing on a tablet or even a TV, some of the little tweaks you make are almost invisible. Thanks for teaching me this much easier way to rotoscope!
Aaron you're awesome! I love watching your tutorials. Every time I run into a situation in photoshop where I don't know what to do, I simply look up one of your tutorials and I'm back on track in no time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Extremely useful tutorial but I still have a problem. I cannot modify a layer because the point is not inside the vector mask of a visible layer. How can I do this? After creating a route with the Pen tool I was able to modify it then I changed tools, went back to the pen tool when I realized I could no longer change the path of my route. What did I do wrong? please and thank you!
Hi Aaron When copy a vector from illustrator and paste to Photoshop as a shape layer it is pixelated. Photoshop adds grey areas to edges. How to properly paste to photoshop even it is small (like QR codes)? (look at the screenshot: i.imgur.com/CwZAwHq.png) Thanks
When I create a path and then go to level>vector mask>current path what is inside the shape is hidden. Why is it not the opposite? I want what is outside the shape to be hidden as in the video. Thanks :)
the Wacom Intuos Pro Small looks great but is too expensive for me, does anyone know good tablet draw things around 120$ i dont even know which things are important (id like to draw anime-stuff and also manipulating pics from real persons like myself, cutting, brushing etc.)
Great tutorial, thank you!But there is something that goes wrong with me: After making the selection, When I go to "Layer-Vector mask-current path", the object that I selected DISAPPEARS behind the small squares, and the background that I want to remove, remains here !!!!!!!!!Thank you for those who will help
Hey.. are you still there? Aaron? Why my selection result is diferent? Do you know why my layer mask result from the path selection is hiding the object selected, not the around of the object selected? Thanks...
Aaron, thanks for the video making the distinction between vector and layer masks. However, I still ask myself about the application. When and why would I use a vector mask? Not just to cut something out?
Interesting but I still prefer the standard method, just create a path with the pen tool and, if required, 'command click' on path ( in path pallet) to make a selection. Nothing could be simpler! Sometime only the photographer can create an accurate path because only he/she knows where the edges are. That is, on many 3 dimensional objects (especially if they have a shiny surface) it can be impossible to tell where the object ends and the 'background' begins as sometimes you can have a perfect mirror effect on the object you are cutting out. I like to see the actual background at all times while creating the path otherwise it would be very easy to 'remove' part of the object being cut out by mistake. A tip for paths in dark shadow areas ( usually underneath ) where you can't see the edge, look in the channels pallet to find one (R,G or B ) that shows the most contrast in the shadow detail and 'duplicate' it. Adjust levels ( or curves) so that you can see everything in the shadow, finish your path and then delete the duplicated channel.
Lovely! but I started by sellecting the object using the quick sellection tool, than added a Vector mask on which I have chosen to make a path out of the sellection, then I more easily and faster refined the path...
Do you by any means read bed time story's as a profesion? I don't know why but each time i watch your videos i fall asleep... Not that the content is bad or anything. You leanr't me everything i can in photoshop (wich i'm pretty sure is a bit above the average photoshop user) So thanks for the good tutorials.
Thank you for your great tutorials! You are really professional and I like the atmosphere, the positive attitude as well the comprehensiveness of what you are talking about. I also like your office :) Best regards!
great.. what is your qualification in studies?? Because i done my bscs and now i want this field as my profession and many people said me that this is not the work of bachular degree holder
Hi! I love your tutorials Aaron. In this one i have a question. Since is a vector mask, that means that if for some reason i re-size it... it will continue to be sharp?
However... what I do is use the Quick Selection Tool, then right click your selection and choose Make Work Path. You can adjust how many points will show up (more/less Tolerance), can still adjust all of them and save yourself a bunch of time. You can then use the path in the exact way Aaron describes in his video.
Love your tutorials! I have a lot of cat photos that I want to just cut out and make some cool photos of them, would love to see how you do the ones in your intro!
![[UNCUT] “บอสณวัฒน์” ลากไส้!! ใครหนุนหลัง "แม่ตั๊ก ป๋าเบียร์" I คนดังนั่งเคลียร์ I 30 ก.ย. 67](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/QlD7mU2KKRk/mqdefault.jpg)
Make sure that your pen tool is in "path" not "shape" mode. That's an important piece of info. Without the "path" mode, this will not work.
Thank you so much for that heads up. I wasn't able to follow the tut until I changed this.
Thank you!! Just saved my life !!
Hey.. are you still there?
Why my selection result is diferent? Do you know why my path selection is hiding the objec selected, not the around of the object selected? Thanks...
Hey, it's now fixed! I don't know why haha
Thanks for the tip!
in this tutorial i learnt that, by clicking alt or option, i can turn every point into a curve.
For the shortcut lovers (like moi):
With the path selected, just control+click on the "Mask" button at the bottom of the "Layers" palette.
why is mine inverted? When I use the pen tool, the inside of the shape is erased/masked, not the outside. pleas help!
To invert a vector mask:
Highlight the path with the pen tool (ctrl click it).
Go to the pen tool options on the top bar.
Find the path operations drop down (it looks like two square on top of each other).
select one of the other options from that list.
Your tutorials are very useful for beginners like me! thanks a lot! and regards from the very south: Argentina!
So happy I've found your channel! Can't wait to get started and make my thumbnails amazingggggg
I love the professionalism of your tutorials, nothing redundant, (almost) everything's relevant and useful.4.5/5 thank you!
Yuzukhane
Agreed. I even watch tutorials on techniques that I'm already familiar with. More often than not, I learn very key things that I've overlooked. :-/
Totally true!!! Love your phlearn-stuff!!
Wow, I never knew there was a vector mask in Photoshop. Thank you for this tutorial.
Really great tute Aaron, my only complaint is 'very small': sometimes you aren't zoomed in very much, and it's hard to see what you're doing with your cursor. I'm sure it looks fine on your screen, but viewing on a tablet or even a TV, some of the little tweaks you make are almost invisible. Thanks for teaching me this much easier way to rotoscope!
Great.
It's useful to mention the shortcuts as well: ctrl+shift+click-the-mask-icon-in-layers-panel and the same with ctrl+alt
Aaron you're awesome! I love watching your tutorials. Every time I run into a situation in photoshop where I don't know what to do, I simply look up one of your tutorials and I'm back on track in no time. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Extremely useful tutorial but I still have a problem. I cannot modify a layer because the point is not inside the vector mask of a visible layer. How can I do this? After creating a route with the Pen tool I was able to modify it then I changed tools, went back to the pen tool when I realized I could no longer change the path of my route. What did I do wrong? please and thank you!
Hi Aaron
When copy a vector from illustrator and paste to Photoshop as a shape layer it is pixelated. Photoshop adds grey areas to edges.
How to properly paste to photoshop even it is small (like QR codes)?
(look at the screenshot: i.imgur.com/CwZAwHq.png)
Thanks
I'm pretty sure I've got the vector mask set up right, and am using the pen tool in path mode, but I'm not getting a live preview of the mask.
you're back D:
Awesome tutorials .. Thankzz Aaron and phlearn ..5 /5
When I create a path and then go to level>vector mask>current path what is inside the shape is hidden. Why is it not the opposite? I want what is outside the shape to be hidden as in the video. Thanks :)
the Wacom Intuos Pro Small looks great but is too expensive for me, does anyone know good tablet draw things around 120$
i dont even know which things are important (id like to draw anime-stuff and also manipulating pics from real persons like myself, cutting, brushing etc.)
www.wacom.com/en-us/products/pen-tablets/intuos These are the cheapest
Your tutorials are top notch! Concize and right to the point!
🥳thank you for this straightforward tutorial!!!
why always pen tool?? we can also do this with quick selection tool!
Excellent.... Aaron, you rock!!!!
You are the best!!!
Thank you very much.
can i use the shape tool? i want to make a circle using the vector it creates
Great tutorial, thank you!But there is something that goes wrong with me: After making the selection, When I go to "Layer-Vector mask-current path", the object that I selected DISAPPEARS behind the small squares, and the background that I want to remove, remains here !!!!!!!!!Thank you for those who will help
i have the same problem.. did you find the solution? :)
What version of Photoshop are you using
Hey.. are you still there? Aaron?
Why my selection result is diferent?
Do you know why my layer mask result from the path selection is hiding the object selected, not the around of the object selected? Thanks...
Hey... it's now fixed! I don't know why haha
This doesn't work in CS6?
I wish Aaron Nace were POTUS!!
I Love your Tutorials....Hello Aaron, please do a tutorial where you make the double chin away PLEASE PLEASE 😊😘
very informative... great job
I love the way you teach sir.
always great useful and the best
Can you ad path points later?
thank you very much !!!
Aaron, thanks for the video making the distinction between vector and layer masks. However, I still ask myself about the application. When and why would I use a vector mask? Not just to cut something out?
Wow, this video is amazing, the quality of the footage is very clean and nice...
Interesting but I still prefer the standard method, just create a path with the pen tool and, if required, 'command click' on path ( in path pallet) to make a selection. Nothing could be simpler! Sometime only the photographer can create an accurate path because only he/she knows where the edges are. That is, on many 3 dimensional objects (especially if they have a shiny surface) it can be impossible to tell where the object ends and the 'background' begins as sometimes you can have a perfect mirror effect on the object you are cutting out. I like to see the actual background at all times while creating the path otherwise it would be very easy to 'remove' part of the object being cut out by mistake. A tip for paths in dark shadow areas ( usually underneath ) where you can't see the edge, look in the channels pallet to find one (R,G or B ) that shows the most contrast in the shadow detail and 'duplicate' it. Adjust levels ( or curves) so that you can see everything in the shadow, finish your path and then delete the duplicated channel.
Have you heard of fast forwarding a video? Don't need to do mediocre stuff just because you've already spent 10 min doing it before
Thank you very much sir.. Could you make an episode of adjusting the disco lights so that we make people or a person visible..!?
Lovely! but I started by sellecting the object using the quick sellection tool, than added a Vector mask on which I have chosen to make a path out of the sellection, then I more easily and faster refined the path...
I know now how he reminds me of: he sound a bit like Kenneth from 30 rock... or even Jack McBrayer's voice... just as a person. Finally.
When I hold ctrl using the pen tool and click on vector node, it moves the whole vector mask instead of just resizing the node.
Same here
BROOOOOOOOOO.... that was killing me for like the longest time...hahaha.. thanks man!!
strong wind outside the window.
thank you very much ...your lessons are awesome,,really i have benefited greatly
When the technology allows me to download a Hasselblad and not your picture, I'll be a very happy guy.
Do you by any means read bed time story's as a profesion? I don't know why but each time i watch your videos i fall asleep... Not that the content is bad or anything. You leanr't me everything i can in photoshop (wich i'm pretty sure is a bit above the average photoshop user) So thanks for the good tutorials.
This is amazing and just what I needed!!! Thank you so much! You make learning PS so much fun! #NCgirl
I always check daily this channel. And today got awesome tutorial..
Thanks
I'm liking the summary at the end! You're the man Aaron! There's not much I know about Photoshop that hasn't come from you.
Thank you, Sir! Quick, concise and simple to understand and apply.
Thank you for your great tutorials!
You are really professional and I like the atmosphere, the positive attitude as well the comprehensiveness of what you are talking about.
I also like your office :)
Best regards!
great..
what is your qualification in studies??
Because i done my bscs and now i want this field as my profession and many people said me that this is not the work of bachular degree holder
do a tut for adobe bridge too :)
Your tutorials are on point.
The dreadful pen tool #Eeeek
Very windy outside :)
Thank you SIR,LOVE YOU FOR BEING SO DEDICATED AND SIMPLE WHILE TEACHING,GOD BLESS YOU.
God bless you brother 🙏 You explained wonderfully
Your channel is so cool :)
I just end up drawing a shape on a new layer instead of editing the vector mask. What am I doing wrong?
let's jump into FOROSHAPPP!! XD
xD
Brilliant! You have 5 pints of Guinness in the bank! Outstanding!
Hi! I love your tutorials Aaron. In this one i have a question. Since is a vector mask, that means that if for some reason i re-size it... it will continue to be sharp?
What if i used a selection tool instead of the pen tool? :/
However... what I do is use the Quick Selection Tool, then right click your selection and choose Make Work Path. You can adjust how many points will show up (more/less Tolerance), can still adjust all of them and save yourself a bunch of time. You can then use the path in the exact way Aaron describes in his video.
Windy weather and new great tutor, thanks from Russia )
if u own a Microsoft surface
and the surface pen
this thing would be a breeze
Thank you sir.. i salute you sir coz i learned.. 👍👊👊
good tutorial. I'm just not smart enough to do it right apparently.
hey could you ever please make a video about vexel-ing please :)
Thanks for the episode
Wauw, in a huracane aron?
When i add the vector mask it just cuts out the image that i want to use and keeps the stuff i want to cut out
welcome back bro.
can we submit photos
great! can we refine the edge of a vector mask with a brush? or the pen tool only?
''''''download file?"
Haha you look like Jeffrey Dean Morgan, TWD :)
Thanks for clearing this up I was so confused.
So many hair cuts, Lol; by the way you are the best, thank you!! Aaron.
very helpful..now i've got an idea on how to use it :)
Nice video i really love your tutorial , cuz i learn a lot from your previous video tutorials ... very well
thank you very much
That's a nice one thanks
you are great.. thanks for sharing knowledge
Good stuff! Hope you guys are doing well!
no time to waste here, every second is pure information to good use. the best !
Love your tutorials! I have a lot of cat photos that I want to just cut out and make some cool photos of them, would love to see how you do the ones in your intro!
I love the way you summarize the main steps.
I subscribed just to hear you say Photoshop☺️
These videos are great. I get lynda.com for free but this is better
Great thank u
I love your tutorials their so easy and clear to understand :)
Thanks a lot
When should I use a vector mask vs a layer mask ?
helped a lot thanks
Awesome! Thanks mate great tutorial
Very helpful, love how you explain everything so clearly