Big foot

[windrider86]

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Now I know this isnt the greatest photo in the universe but I'm just learning mask layers. Up until now they had me so confused i just never tried them. Now I am. My question is when you create your mask and you are painting in black to cover up areas how do you get into those tight little areas like the toes?
I tried over painting them and then going back with white but just cant seem to get the edges int he tight spots to look quite right.

[Saralonde]

Layers are tough for me, too, which is why I do so little editing. But this is an interesting question so I hope someone comes up with an answer.

[Murtasma]

Have you tried zooming in really close and using a hard brush on the mask? When I do masks 90% of the time I am just using the brush. Use black to mask that part of the layer off and white to bring it back.

[windrider86]

Murtsama, a brush is what I am using , is there another way?

[Major_Small]

I use paths instead of brushes. It's just a whole lot easier IMO, and gives you much tighter control.

Take a look at this video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNfBF2xvhaE) to get an idea of how they work if you've never touched them before.

[xxpinballxx]

a path might work better on this type of situation although zooming in real close and using a smaller brush with the hardness increased you can go pixel by pixel if you want.
It gets time consuming.......

[windrider86]

I'm not so sure I can do that in Paint Shop pro. I can use the lasso tool the same as the path tool (pretty much) but cant sem to find where I would add a layer mask