I had a little break from this screenshooting so I don't die bored to death, probably just liek you if you read this stuff
So what is next? W will gonna zoom real close nex to the skull, doesn't matter where, we just need to make the whole thing bigger on our screen so we can brush our mask easier.
This schortcuts are now a must if you wanna mask an object very fast:
size of the brush - check list of schortcuts - you need that so you get better control when you work fast
hardness of the brush - check list of schortcuts - you need that so you can make soft or hard edges very fast
hand tool H - you need this to move fast on your picture
brush tool B - you need this to get brush after you moved around your picture to reposition yourself
change foreground to background color
zoom in and zoom out: don't need to explain this one, you just need it
opacity: check list of schortcuts- you need that so you can chose fast how much color you put on your mask(you can do this also with mouse no harm done- little slower)
I am working this with wacom(pressure sensitive tablet), so I don't know all schortcuts. Check the ones which you need as soon you get used to a new ones. Learn first hand tool, and when you get a hang of it, learn another one and so on....
I will zoom here:
I will use hard brush opacity 100 and soft brush opacity 20. Hard brush will be for hiding stuff around the skull. soft brush will be for hiding stuff right next to the skull
pick your mask and pick brush and pick black color
right click on picture, pick hardness 100, size of brush 90(you can chose the size you prefer more), opacity 100
size 90 brush looks like this on my monitor(picture taken with my crapy mobile phone):
start brushing with hard brush. Don't go over the skull, just close to it. The part on the skull we will do with softer brush and lower opacity.
keep brushing
keep brushing
Don't worry if you accidentaly brushed over the skull. Remember when I made mistake before and I just changed color to white so i told photoshop to show the part which I hiden with black color? If you made a mistake, pick white color brush over and you will correct your mistake. Then select black color and do what you wonted before you made a mistake.
Now I have 2 choises. I need to decide if we hona use hand tool for moving around so we learn this schortcut first or we will use changing brush opacity and hardness first. I think hand tool- tool for movement is easier so we will do the easiest way. We will use hand tool to move aroudn the skull so we can brush all around the skull with hard brush, and when we finish that, we will change our brush to soft one and we will make final adjustments. That is the ,moment when magic will hapen.
Use hand tool and brush tool to swith betwen moving and brushing. Move fast(at start this will be hard, but when you get used to it, you will be production machine!). When you satisfied with position change to brush. Brush away and when you done use hand tool again to move. And repaet that process all around the skull.
here we go:
moving and brushing