Masking Liquids in Photoshop

CATEGORIES: Photoshop, Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Corey Barker | May 15, 2009

Some Photoshop users are intimidated by the idea of trying to mask or select liquids. Here is a tutorial with some helpful tips on how to get this done.

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This is great but there was a little background color fading in thru the liquid. Cant we fix it by selecting certain areas of liquid n using blending modes?

Comment by Asad | May 15, 2009 @ 6:13 pm

Remarquable and very useful. Thanks for sharing these techniques.

Comment by Fabrice Mazerolle | May 16, 2009 @ 11:05 pm

soooo damn good!

Comment by gary | May 17, 2009 @ 5:12 am

very nice!

Comment by Adriano | May 18, 2009 @ 7:40 am

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I’ve often illustrated wine glass images (originally shot with a white background) and had to make it look “transparent” over a scene or tint, such as your tutorial. An extra step I might use is to duplicate the glass on a layer beneath it and set that layer to Multiply. Back to the layer above, you can mask out some of the “milki-ness” that may be still showing up without completely removing the liquid or glass. Experiment with the opacity of the brush. Great tutorial, tho. I learned a few more great tips with your method. Thanks.

Comment by janis | May 21, 2009 @ 12:28 pm

Couldnt be easier. Thanks for the great tips. ProfeCompu

Comment by ProfeCompu | May 21, 2009 @ 1:20 pm

Thanks for the great tips

Comment by ranjeet | May 22, 2009 @ 1:12 am

This is a sub-par method of retouching. You loose too much information anytime you select a range of values. This can be accomplished with four quick layers with masks, some adjustment of curves and no “chunky” selections. Oh, did I mention half the time.

Comment by SageCreative | May 22, 2009 @ 10:08 am