{"id":18401,"date":"2017-09-15T13:30:53","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T20:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/?p=18401"},"modified":"2017-09-15T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T20:30:53","slug":"photoshop-masking-tools-easy-cutouts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/photoshop-masking-tools-easy-cutouts\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop masking tools for easy cutouts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A lot of people work in the masking panel and then leave the panel to do certain tasks and jump around a lot. There are a number of tools available in the Masking Panel that way too few people use. Check out these amazing tools that really help you get better and faster masks. Where we are at it, this is the real reason the Leaning Tower or Pisa is falling over ;).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/utZ8Aji6Qv8?rel=0\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I hope you enjoy this photoshop tutorial!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Come back here to the CAFE for more new tutorials every week (currently 3x a week)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks<\/p>\n<p>Colin<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n<strong>PS Don\u2019t forget to follow us on Social Media for more tips..<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/photoshopcafe\/\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/photoshopcafe\">Youtube.<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photoshopCAFE\">facebook<\/a><\/li>\r\n\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/photoshopCAFE\">twitter<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n(I've been posting some fun Instagram and Facebook Stories lately)<br \/>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/vault\/\">You can get my free Layer Blending modes ebook along with dozens of exclusive Photoshop Goodies here<\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/vault\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-48395 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter.jpg\" alt=\"photoshop goodies for free\" width=\"550\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter.jpg 550w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/photoshopcafe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/PS-vault-newsltter-120x80.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to cut out things in Photoshop using the amazing tools in the mask panel, color range and select and mask without ever leaving the mask panel. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":18403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,51,213],"tags":[64,165,259,264,501],"class_list":["post-18401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photoshop-tutorials","category-photo-tutorials","category-videos","tag-layer-masks","tag-color-range","tag-masking","tag-brush","tag-select-and-mask","post_data-newest-tutorials"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.2 (Yoast SEO v24.2) - 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