
Which tool did you prefer in making your selections and mask? What methods do you use? Do you have any tips to share? Let us know in the comments, I am always looking for better methods and tips to save some time in my workflow. I have been painting them back in by hand, which I may continue doing depending on how well the brush on Soft Light mode works for me. This is a tip I completely forgot about and will start using again for the strands of hairs I wish to keep. In the video Dodson does share the tip of using the brush tool on Soft Light mode to help with the edging of the mask. I typically just use the Quick Selection tool followed by refining the mask by hand with the brush tool. In the majority of my work I have used and needed the masking feature, so I was hoping to save much needed time in my day from an easier selection tool. I have been using Topaz re-mask 5 with Photoshop to produce wonderful layer masks easily.
#TOPAZ REMASK REFINE EDGES HOW TO#
Not sure how to re-install it? Jump to 17:55 mark in the video and watch Dodson as he shows you how to install previous versions of Adobe software.

If you did prefer Refine Edge tool over the Select and Mask tool, you can continuing using your older version of Adobe Photoshop or even re-install. are available and one such is from TopazLabs, this is ReMask. In the video, we are shown a few different scenarios in which you might need to make a selection and how the two tools stack up to each other. Click on Load Channel as a Selection icon (small grey dotted-line circle at base of. I do agree that Refine Edge did perform a better job at hand in the few instances I have used it versus the Select and Mask, but in my experience I was never able to use either tool it in my daily workflow creating mask for objects and people with much success. Dodson clearly expressed his dislike for the new tool and the fact that he misses his preferred Refine Edge tool. Learn the techniques for this and you can have better selections than the Tools can do- all in Photoshop, no. David you have not mentioned- 'Making Channel Masks from Native Color Channels'.

Nathaniel Dodson from Tutvid comes to us with a new video comparing Select and Mask with the older Refine Edge tool. I use it with CCs Refine Edge when needed or as the job dictates. I am not the only one who doesn’t like the new tool.
