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Photoshop

Photoshop: Professional Grade Non-Destructive Editing Workflow

- 21.02.26 - ErcanOPAK comment on Photoshop: Professional Grade Non-Destructive Editing Workflow

Destroying pixels is for amateurs. Pros use Smart Objects and Adjustment Layers. Convert to Smart Object: Right-click your layer. Any filter applied now becomes a ‘Smart Filter’ which can be edited later. Luminosity Masks: Control exactly where your adjustments hit based on brightness values. By using this workflow, you can return to a project 6 […]

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Photoshop

Photoshop Masks Become Impossible to Edit

- 04.01.26 - ErcanOPAK comment on Photoshop Masks Become Impossible to Edit

You can see them but can’t control them. WhyMasks nested inside smart objects stack up transformation matrices. FixApply transformations before masking.

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SQL

How to use Replicate function for masking in SQL?

- 06.12.19 | 07.12.19 - ErcanOPAK comment on How to use Replicate function for masking in SQL?

You can use SQL “Replicate” command to mask the data. Below code shows how to make it:

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