Black Layer Mask in Photoshop

You must have used a White Layer mask in Photoshop often. Have you ever used a Black layer Mask? Do you know what can be done with it?

These are two free stock images, which need to be blended together.

The two images have been blended seamlessly and some other effects have been added. It can be done in any version of Photoshop.

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Auto Tone Auto Contrast and Auto Color in Photoshop CS4

This is a  follow up tutorial on using Auto Tone, Auto Contrast and Auto Color in Photoshop CS4

This is a free stock image which I will improve in just a few steps.

The photo has been improved. The tutorial is here

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Bleached Effect with Photoshop

For want of a better name I am calling this a Bleach Effect. My purpose is to highlight a particular color from the image by picking it with the Eye Dropper Tool and using that color as a general highlight.

This is a free stock image.

I have highlighted the Blue tones here.

And here I have highligted the Brown tones. Youcan use any color. You need not be an expert to do this tutorial. You can do it in any version of Photoshop.

The tutorial is here

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