The secret is Photoshop Masks.

Something else they don’t share is that masks aren’t difficult or time consuming to work with. Imagine how your photography would improve if you knew how to create Photoshop masks in literally seconds? It’s like most things in life, once you know the right techniques, creating adjusting photographs becomes easy. Stunning image transformations become possible with a few relatively simple adjustments. Look at the cover of this book.

The cover image was shot in the middle of the day. The transformation to the atmospheric, night-time scene was achieved using masks. If you want to know how, the entire process is explained, step by step in the book. You can also download the starting image from my website, allowing you to follow on your own computer.

This book is packed with examples you can following using the images provided. You will learn the core techniques of:

Painting in and out adjustments

Creating and using channel masks

Generating luminosity mask sets

Adjusting masks with high precision

There’s a wealth of additional material and techniques packed in such as how to choke a mask, remove halos, create selections based on colour and much more.

This book has been written for the photographer who’s familiar with Photoshop but wants to learn more about masks, or who finds the subject confusing. Everything is described in full and is perfect if you’re not entirely comfortable with creating or manipulating masks.

If you don’t use masks or prefer to avoid them, this book will open your eyes to how easy it can be to dramatically improve your photography.

Don’t be left in the dark when it comes to using this essential tool.