Technique #1. Applying a Filter to a Layer Mask

In this first technique, we’ll go over some of the key steps that will be involved in many of the other techniques. Subsequent techniques will include these steps but I won’t explain the “whys” in any great detail, since they build on these key functions.

key concepts:

layer masks

filters

Step One.
Press Command-J (PC: Control-J) to duplicate the Background layer. Although this is not a necessary ...

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