The HIDDEN Photoshop Hack You Need To Know

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

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[@patriciaalexander-johnson4797]

Very good information. Thank you

[@rgarlinyc]

Very cool - thanks a lot Steve!

[@anderss.iversen6392]

Very useful. Thanks.

[@SergeGolikov]

Depth masking, distance attenuation, luminance masking for selective adjustments especially, are all tried and proven techniques. Adobe's Neural Filters are an attempt to bring these concepts into an integral workflow. Thanks for sharing your inspired insights and workflow 👍

[@mahanly]

Wicked! Easy and useful. Thanks.

[@cuatrodeuno]

very useful technique 👍

[@aaz148a]

Great video and workflow but the background music is ever so annoying

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Common problem with many KZbinrs unfortunately.

[@mervfer1162]

I'm not going to totally slam the background music as annoying. But I have hearing loss and it is more difficult to hear spoken words with loud background sounds. At least reduce the volume of the music tract. I liked and subscribed from watching this video.

[@galacticnemesis366]

I’d have to agree here perhaps a little ducking is in order. 😎👊👍🇦🇺

[@catclick16]

Agree. Can’t focus on the content

[@JennTheWriter]

Thank you for sharing your expertise on this topic! :)

[@terrykellyphotography6171]

Thank you for posting this informative video. Just tried this method on a beach landscape with rock jetties and wow big difference!

[@TonyTheTruthWhisperer]

Great technique. Enjoyed the tutorial.

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

Thanks very much :)

[@Toebiscuit]

Solid gold, Man. ty

[@liverpoolpictorial]

Great tip, Steve. I always enjoy tutorials where I try and second guess what's going come next and am wrong LOL!

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

haha thanks mate!

[@ziaulmonsur]

Great job❤🎉

[@RichieWilliams]

3rd time I've watched this video, and now just created an Action for it, Thank you once more for the Great tip.

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

That's awesome!

[@KickingupDust]

How do you do this? Can you please share?

[@01sapphireGTS]

Great post ~

[@PvRFotografie]

Thank you for this hack, i made it into an action so i can use it now at the touch of a button

[@JamesMiddletonDesign]

Another method: CTRL "A" the depth layer. Delete the layer. Go into quickmask (Q) and paste. Come out of quickmask (Q) and the tonal information of the original depth map is now a selection with variable opacity. You could create an adjustment layer with this selection, and even CTRL SHIFT "I" (AYE) it into an inverse. I know this is very similar to what you have already shown. Just another take on the same method. Good work.

[@thewebstylist]

This is Gold! 🎉

[@psteelman4448]

Thank you---Amazing!

[@jaimee.campuzanot.2702]

Muchas gracias!

[@sepperl8200]

Fundamential. Thanks!

[@RichieWilliams]

Nice... just used this trick to edit a photo I'd taken back in 2019.. it blooming well works great :) Cheers

[@uncle0eric]

😯 Brilliant.

[@daemon1143]

Hadn't seen that before. Can you use the depth map as a mask to just apply the effect gradationally across the image, rather than as a way to select separate depth portions?

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

If I understand your question, I think the answer is that the depth map / mask is already doing that because it's gradual shades of grey at different depths. I simplified the explanation in the video to put it in the context of background/foreground, but there is a bit more subtlety to it which i think is what you're asking about.

[@andreask.6872]

I just came across your video by chance and thought the hack was so cool that I immediately made an action out of it. Many thanks to you from Germany!

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

That's great to hear, many thanks to you too :D

[@DavidMay-u2p]

I clicked on the download and never received the plugin.

[@jenningsford8961]

Unable to access 2:50 on my Windows 10 version, using the Latest Adobe Photoshop update as of 5-20-24

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

Do you mean you don't have access to the Channels Panel, or you can't load the RGB channel as a selection?

[@jenningsford8961]

@@SteveArnoldPhoto- When I go to channels, it does not look like yours, but I can click on RGB, but when I tell it to make a selection. It does nothing. Am I missing something?

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

@@jenningsford8961 Its difficult to know without seeing what you're seeing. What does it look like on the channels panel? Are you holding command (mac) / ctrl (pc) on the keyboard as you're clicking on the RGB channel?

[@jenningsford8961]

@@SteveArnoldPhoto Perhaps not, No further help needed now. Thanks

[@tonycook1532]

Ace vid Steve 🙏

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

Cheers Tony! :D

[@lookforbeauty1964]

If I have understood you well, you get the background and foreground masks from the depth map layer, don't you?. What happens with the middle ground? Regards

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

ah well actually the depth masks are gradated with varying levels of grey from front to back. I have simplified the concept in this video but there is more detail in the depth from foreground to background.

[@widam]

interesting, we in VFX use this depth mask or Z-channel a lot but using NUKE, I was always guessing how to make this easily it in photoshop.

[@andyfarmer2661]

Brilliant

[@YoBroz-ix5rq]

Great Tip!!! Thnx. But why this distracting background music?

[@benlewis3682]

Does it matter its only music 😂😂 god your more worried about the music instead of the tutorial 😂😂

[@VadimMityura]

nice!

[@BubbleGendut]

Great tip Background music is annoying & unnecessary

[@RustyCT1]

The background music is a nice touch, and I like it.

[@fachkraftemangel8463]

2:02

[@baadtaste1337]

Great video - but secret?

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

Music in tutorials 👎🏼👎🏼

[@mp_martin]

Using the transparency masks with adjustment layers has been around since version 3. Don’t know why you call it a new secret hack.

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

How did you create the depth map in version 3?

[@eartho]

@@SteveArnoldPhoto the problem with the depth technique is that the edges are rarely accurate and opposing adjustments creates all sorts of artifacts at the intersections. Broad, feathered adjustments will still yield better results.

[@alanvandever9683]

I hate BS like this!!! They never tell you everything you need. When I go into that filter my layers disappear! I've tried to find them but can not. I get half the screen filled with the filer adjustments and the other half with the shot. So how do I get the layers panels back????????

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

you know, im a real person and you can ask nicely if you need extra help with something. I'm not sure you're giving all the information I need to help you figure out the problem, but it sounds like you're opening the neural filter screen and then wondering where your layers panel has gone... The neural filter screen is an overlay on top of the regular photoshop window. When you make the change and click OK, the filter screen will close and you'll see your image and all your layers again. When you follow the steps exactly as shown, it'll work.

[@KevinHagen-b8d]

A close second to luminosity masks - great tip! 🫡 (Maybe consider dialling back the volume on your music channel though; it's a bit distracting. 😉)

[@seangray4512]

Great tips mate, background music didn't annoy me, stupid complaining comments did thou lol

[@SteveArnoldPhoto]

haha thanks mate, much appreciated. To be fair, I could have turned the music volume down a couple of db's - I was wearing different headphones and it put me off 🤣