Layer Masks

Two things to say.

Firstly, the above was just an anarchic experiment and has no merit whatsoever.

Secondly, I really need to do more work.

Illness and work-commitments have hampered my progress so I shouldn't be too hard on myself. However, I desperately need to gain some momentum to improve my confidence and rate of progress.

On Sunday I played around with the marquee tool for a while. Today, ahead of tonight's lesson, I had a look at layer masks.

I took a simple pic of Fengah Abbey and then added another layer via Render-Clouds Filter.

I used the Art History Brush to make the Abbey visible and then I just played around with the eyedropper tool and the text option to see what I could come up with.

With the latter I simply duplicated a number of layers, merged them into one and then experimented with blending options.

It was a good experiment because I should feel more confident with layer masks now. I also learned how to magnify text beyond 72.

What I need to do next is tackle one of the lessons in Photoshop Creative magazine. I bought it yesterday but didn't feel confident enough to have a go at their Layer Mask exercise, instead I referred to Photoshop In Easy Steps to get the basics in masks before progressing.