How To Make a White Background in Photoshop – Complete Process Explained

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  1. 0:00 Introduction
  2. 0:43 Setting Up The Layer
  3. 1:36 Selecting the Foreground
  4. 3:34 Refining The Selecting
  5. 7:03 Masking The Hair - How Select and Mask Works
  6. 10:09 Fine-Tuning the Layer Mask
  7. 11:03 Making Light Wraps with Layer Styles
  8. 15:03 Making The Shadow
  9. 17:54 Enhancing the Image with Dodge and Burn
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In this video, I’m going to show you how to create white backgrounds in Photoshop.

We’re going to start by learning how to remove a foreground from the background.

You will learn to properly use the Select and Mask workspace and how to utilize it better so that you get the best results possible.

You’re also going to learn to create Light Wraps in Photoshop to create better composites, and just like all my other tutorials, there’s going to be a bunch of hidden gems so stick around to the end.

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Jesús Ramirez

Jesús Ramirez is a graphic designer and the founder of the Photoshop Training Channel, which he started in 2012 and has grown past two million YouTube subscribers. He has taught at Adobe MAX, Adobe Summit, and Photoshop World, teaches courses for CreativeLive and Pluralsight, and was one of five artists chosen for Adobe Stock's Make a Masterpiece campaign. His Photoshop templates shipped inside Photoshop CC 2018.

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