How to use CLIPPING MASKS - Photoshop Quick Tips

Here I show how to use clipping masks with your illustrations, and why it's such a powerful tool in Photoshop. I use it on just about every illustration I do. It's very easy to do!
If you have questions or requests for tips, please leave me a comment and I'll try to make it for you!
Have a fantastic day, and until next time, keep creating & take care!
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[@ArtbyGalen]

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[@Mayumi221988]

Really helpful thank you so much!

[@ONormanO]

it helped me a lot, thanks.
i'm alittle dyslexic so things like this is gold.

[@CatalinIulianPopescu]

for whatever reason, when i select clipping mask and try to paint within the boundaries of the drawing underneath,it doesn't follow the contour. It just paints all over it like there is no clipping mask

[@MagusApex]

3 years after and it is still very helpful

[@gradientphantom7558]

Extremely helpful in how straight to the point and easy it was to understand. Thank you! 👍

[@bumblebee3040]

loved it....u explain clearly😘😘😘😘...ive been hitting my head on youtube for a long time to know about this but no one explained it this simplified😍😍

[@savejblaque9899]

so concise and helpful. I have struggled with clipping masks for years. think i finally got it

[@pixiedust1273]

I was looking for a video to learn what is a clipping mask in photoshop and how does it work when I found your video. I like how you explained it. It made sense to me.

[@Haiyich]

Thank you for making this video! This was one of the things that was confusing me about Photoshop.

[@klemenSutar]

Thank you! Very helpful and well explained :)

[@tonya9031]

Right to the point, thanks! Just earned another subscriber

[@notmthe4]

Very nice. I was watching a video that mentioned clipping masks and I now understand them with this video. Thank you

[@XenoKay88]

you just made things wide open for me now. thank you!

[@TracyTDo]

Thank you so much! You just helped me out with an art project I tried to distress on. Much appreciated

[@chatter2765]

Thank you for this tutorial!
Edit: I don't mind using the magic wand method as I use outlines. Might be the same for others

[@samdavepollard]

Good explanation.
Many Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Subscribed.

[@kloworseipiangin]

So good

[@deboramestieri]

Really helpful! Thanks :)

[@BGLENN-dp4tx]

Superb!! Thank you very much for your organized flow of information. Cheers.

[@thisistherun4015]

Seems great! Not sure how I'll use it yet but I can experiment. Thanks

[@aidahashemi4997]

Really helpful

[@notflanders4967]

perfect thank you!

[@user-rl1si5js7y]

Instant fan bro! Very well explained, I finally understand wtf Clipping Layers are for and the benefits of using them haha... liked, subscribed n look forward to watching more of your awesome tutorials!🤘

[@k.c.whatyoudidthere]

I finally understand how clipping masks work!!

[@artsyabin8145]

Thank you so much 😊❤️❤️

[@megansherrow7941]

Thanks man!

[@DB-wx1zs]

This was great

[@mauricezielinski9593]

I searched for this everywhere thanks!

[@MrOumaporn]

Thank you.

[@jubba9263]

Great video! Still helpful 🙂

[@megdias7]

Hi Galen, thank you for sharing! I do have a question: when I was painting in the clipping mask, it was not possible to see what was being painted until I released the clipping mask and then I saw the bunch of strokes...

[@silk2324]

thx

[@studioMYTH]

So with text, you do the same thing only with a nice large blocky font. I'm trying to figure out how to get some words on a poster to "clip through" a layer that is basically a frame for the text, and to reveal the background layer of the image in the shape of the words. It's tough..

[@connorvanvuuren6455]

Thanks so much for that! Liked and subbed. Would you silhouette the arm as a different layer, or silhouette the whole character in its entirety?

[@ArtbyGalen]

It depends on the needs of the illustration, imo. If you know you won't need the character on multiple layers, then you can do it all on one layer. But if you need or prefer to keep it in different layers, there's nothing wrong with doing that, either. Thanks for the comment!

[@addieanddaddy7562]

Very informative, thank you!

[@indexsonic]

why isn't my clipping mask working photoshop, I colour in the mask but it doesn't show up.

[@ayonbayus7255]

What if we do it inverse.. The clip we made is going to be cut off

[@fionaedwards9722]

Haha I have spent 5 years trying to learn this!

[@paradoxical33]

how did he changed opacity while dragging the brush at 2:10?

[@ArtbyGalen]

Hey Alan! This was done with the pressure sensitive drawing tablet I use. With that brush, I have it set up to become more opaque the harder I press on the brush.

[@adri_144]

How do I use a clipping mask on a GIF?

[@ArtbyGalen]

You would either need to do it in a video editing software that can edit gifs, or you would need to open your animation window in photoshop and apply the effect to every frame of the gif.

[@fionaedwards9722]

This made no sense. Still do not understand