Masking No Link
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Beginner

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Open Photoshop. Open Image to work with masking link option.

2. Using Elliptical Marquee tool and Reveal selection command, create the following mask on the image. (Please follow previous basic masking tutorials before doing this)

3. There is a small link between the image and the layer mask thumbnail shows that the layer mask is linked to the layer. It is indicated with the red arrow in the figure.

4. Now click the small icon of the link to remove the link between the layer and the layer mask. When you click the icon, it will be vanished. Now there is no link between the layer and the layer mask.

5. Select the Move Tool and Click the layer thumbnail. Start dragging the move tool on the image. You will find that the layer mask is stationary and the image is moving inside the layer mask. You can observe the movement of image in the layer palette also.

6. Now click on the layer mask thumbnail and again drag the move tool on the image. You will find that the layer mask is moving and the image is stationary.