Lesson 6: Masks and Channels

Note added next to the illustration of step 12 in the “Refining a mask” section, on page 166 of the printed book.

Refining a mask

The illustration of step 12 may not match your screen, as it shows a much smaller brush than the 300-pixel brush we recommend.

Rotating a shadow

The following text replaces step 8 in the “Using an alpha channel to create a shadow” section, on page 174 of the printed book.

8. Choose Edit > Transform > Rotate. Rotate the shadow by hand, or enter -15 degrees in the Rotate field in the options bar. Then drag the shadow to the left, or enter 845 in the X field in the options bar. Click the Commit Transform button in the options bar, or press Enter or Return, to accept the transformation. ...

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