Comments on: Layer Mask from Grayscale Image

By: FlashJog

FlashJog — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:44:51 +0000

thanks ,
i’m using gimp but this article is really help me
(it give me a clue about how i could do “create mask form image” in gimp)

By: Cari Jansen

Cari Jansen — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:33:41 +0000

Thanks Patrick, glad it was helpful.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:47:12 +0000

Thanks for the guide. Very easy to follow!

By: Steve T.

Steve T. — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 22:20:28 +0000

Thanks, both methods – with channels and alt clicking work great !

I wonder why such an obvious feature was not implemented in more intuitive way in Photoshop ?

By: Cari Jansen

Cari Jansen — Mon, 14 Mar 2011 05:16:04 +0000

thanks @sd

yeah, masking certainly has changed in recent versions of Photoshop. I should rewrite some of these older posts when I have some free time

By: sd

sd — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 07:36:00 +0000

Thanks a lot for this tip because I had been looking for it for ages! I’ve been using it for a while now and just discovered this extra bit, so I thought I’d share: without going into channels, alt clicking on the layer mask and pasting seems to work as well (I’m using CS5 ext and windows).

By: dollarbindot

dollarbindot — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 10:57:18 +0000

first google result for “convert layer to mask”, I knew there must be a way! Clear and concise, gradient blur amongst others will be much more accurate in future

By: fred eric

fred eric — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 12:05:22 +0000

was looking for this for ages. and it’s so easy!!
thanks

By: Cari Jansen

Cari Jansen — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:46:34 +0000

@gabriel

thanks for the feedback. glad the tip was of help.

Cari

By: gabrielkfl

gabrielkfl — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 15:14:54 +0000

Thank you very much. Works great.

Much easier to create layer masks this way. I get to work on it with as much detail as I want and can make shades out of images.

Really good. Saved my life. Thanks. ^^

By: “Secret” lighting correction technique in Photoshop « TurboManage

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:21:12 +0000

[...] The desaturated negative also makes a great mask for other types of adjustment layers, like Brightness / Contrast and Exposure. It is not intuitive, but I found instructions here. [...]

By: Cari Jansen

Cari Jansen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:40:45 +0000

@Riikka: Glad it was of help Always nice to get feedback from readers

I’ve been thinking I should re-record some of the older tutorials one day in the latest version but never seem to have enough free time to do that and end up recording other stuff instead

Cheers,

Cari

By: Riikka

Riikka — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 07:29:21 +0000

Many thanks for this tip, it is still valid and works perfectly, five years on.