Clipping Masks

This tutorial will teach you how to use Clipping Masks.

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Step 1

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Make a new document any size, for this one I made it at 1680px x 1050px.

Select a brush any basic one. I choose the splatter 59 pixel. Basic brush that comes with photoshop.

Step 2

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Create a new layer, if you don't know how there's a arrow pointing to the icon you click to make one.

Step 3

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Now on layer 1 [layer you just made], Make any type of shape you want.

It can be as random as the one you see on the screen shot.

Step 4

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Now create two more new layers.

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Go on to your layer 2. As highlighted in the screen shot.

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Now on your table that has your layers and such in. There's a arrow that looks somewhat like a play button?

Its right under the exit "x" click on it and as seen in the screen shot click on the "create clipping mask" [ alt + ctrl + G ]

Example of what your table should look like now

See how there's a arrow now going pointing down to layer 1.

Which means what ever you put in to layer two will only show in the shape you made on layer 1.

Step 7

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Open up the image you would like to use in the shape you made earlier.

For this I will choose a photograph I took a while ago.

Use to the lasso tool and go around the whole image and once you have it press [ Ctrl + C ]

To copy the image.

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Now go back to your shape you made, and go to layer 2 with the arrow pointing down.

And press [ Ctrl + V ] and the image should come up. You can use the move tool to position it where you want it to be.

Completed

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