Inside Photoshop® CS

Playing with Fingers That Are Playing

Making these changes is easy stuff; in the steps to follow, you'll copy Gary's left fingers to a new layer. And in the process, you'll be able to sustain the illusion that he's fretting on a new guitar.

Here's how to use the Quick Mask mode to copy the fingers:

Quick Mask Selecting the Fretting Fingers

1.	Zoom in to a 200% viewing resolution of Gary's left hand. I know, I know, the image is a little pixelated because the photographer saved it using a high-compression JPEG setting. Click on the eye icon of the guitar layer to toggle off the visibility and to hide the guitar from view.
2.	Click on the Background layer to make it the active layer on the Layers palette. Choose the Brush tool on the toolbox. Click ...