Why Masking Images Has Become A Trend In The Photo - Editing World

Photo Masking is a process where some portions of an image are hidden while editing it and the rest of it is left intact. This non - destructive process of image editing enables you to adjust or tweak the mask later on, if necessary.

This creative way of manipulating images is widely gaining popularity because photo editors do not have to face the same problem which they faced largely in the case of cut-out images. Now, they can easily mask an object or portion from an image by making a path on them and retrieve the same by fine-tuning the mask, if necessary.

Why is there a need for photo masking?

1. With this technique of masking photo, it is easier to club two or more pictures together and make endless varieties of collages conveniently. The use of soft brushes and gradients of gray makes the transitions smooth. Various interesting effects can be created by using various photos and applying masking on them.

2. Very often, you need to modify an area of the image. For example, you might want to change the color of the lower garment of the model. In this case, you can create a mask by keeping that portion visible. And, then you can apply any kind of modifications you want like brightness/contrast adjustment, color adjustment/ correction, exposure correction etc.

3. Photo masking is also widely used for hiding and showing portions of the pictures. With the use of very soft brush or gradient for masking, a transition effect can be given to images. For instance, if you want to control the transparencies of areas of an image of a very shiny sky. Then, to make this area dimmer, you can simply brush the area with a gray color. In this way, it proves to be the easiest and the handiest technique you can make use of.

Simply put, unlike the cut - out images, in the process of masking photos, we can easily erase the unwanted areas and still bring those areas later on for any reason.

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