quick mask question

hi, i am an intermediate ps user and since now i have never been using the qiuck mask option very often, well never i rather say. but this week end i made a tutorial found on the net which made use of quick mask. i activated quick mask and then painted over the area to be modified then disabled quick mask and get the painted area selected. but the tut. also said that quick mask was rather a great tool and had many other applications as well. when making selsction i would rather use the lasso or marquee and then adjust it manually later. could anybody tell me the adavntages of using quick mask as well as the other uses and benefits of this tool.

Cheers
fx_05

hi, i am an intermediate ps user and since now i have never been using the qiuck mask option very often, well never i rather say. but this week end i made a tutorial found on the net which made use of quick mask. i activated quick mask and then painted over the area to be modified then disabled quick mask and get the painted area selected. but the tut. also said that quick mask was rather a great tool and had many other applications as well. when making selsction i would rather use the lasso or marquee and then adjust it manually later. could anybody tell me the adavntages of using quick mask as well as the other uses and benefits of this tool.

Cheers
fx_05

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hi, i am an intermediate ps user and since now i have never been using

qiuck mask option very often, well never i rather say. but this week end

made a tutorial found on the net which made use of quick mask. i

quick mask and then painted over the area to be modified then disabled

mask and get the painted area selected. but the tut. also said that quick mask was rather a great tool and had many other applications as well.

making selsction i would rather use the lasso or marquee and then adjust

manually later. could anybody tell me the adavntages of using quick mask

well as the other uses and benefits of this tool.

Cheers
fx_05

First, Quick Mask is exactly like making the Alpha Channel active and

and then working on it. It’s a "quick step" to the same thing.
Next, in QM (or in editing the Alpha Channel), you can paint/erase the

with all of the painting tools. Your brushes are totally unlimited and by hitting the "x" key, you can toggle between Paint and Erase. You can apply many of the Filters to the mask and create effects that just the Selection Tools can not possibly offer. In short, it takes the Selection Tools into

new dimension, and is the most powerful way to exact total control over

Selections.

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