James Barnard
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Wednesday 02 September 2026 05:06:55 GMT
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kookaberrie :
I used to consider myself a surgeon at masking and deep etching and I miss it daily.
2026-09-02 05:51:01
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aytacotaco :
I still cut out by hand on my product images. I find I still get a better result. For things that matter less such as social media work, then I just use the easy way.
2026-09-02 07:06:11
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AXEL! :
I used to make a little money on the side masking out backgrounds. Really was a good way for young artists to get experience, pay rent, and find an opening into a company.
2026-09-02 05:21:11
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Ran Gluschnaider :
One day Adobe's servers went down. I'm 50 surrounded by 20+ designers who were severely handicapped that day. They couldn't work! 😂
2026-09-02 07:28:19
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Sr. Popz :
It’s so good to use the erase background tool. But those who mastered the old ways are true legends.
2026-09-02 07:11:37
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emmerz22 :
it was great ‘turn brain off’ time, creativity takes a lot of brain power, so it was lovely to just not think for a bit
2026-09-02 14:05:55
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DayNightDusk :
Can you please help me find an old lost technique for matching the colours of two different things? My mentor when I was a junior taught it to me then I went on mat leave at some point and my brain just dissolved it. I recall you would look at both the objects in different colour channels (r, g, b etc) and use the levels adjustment to adjust the object till it looked like the first object. idk if that makes sense. I'm devastated I've forgotten it 😭
2026-09-02 13:41:42
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Mama Cr8s :
Now we are all useless because of AI😅
2026-09-11 19:54:47
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hanlovescows :
early! love your content!
2026-09-02 05:15:11
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fightingforengland :
Channel masking is the ultimate for cutting out hair!
2026-09-02 18:32:16
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Vũ Đặng Tuấn Sơn :
Sure, AI can cut out objects for you, and admittedly I use them a lot in my work recently. But putting on a 2 hour playlist and getting down to every single strand of hair hits different.
2026-09-09 01:13:07
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Meg :
I’m very grateful to have learned the hard way to do 99% of my job
2026-09-02 12:09:42
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Fingerhat :
I have been using Photoshop for around 30 years. Love the new time saving AI tools cause it helps my prices staying competitive. These days clients using Canva and ChatGPT instead of me is a real problem. Keeping prices reasonable helps stopping that nonsense. But if AI goes wrong, you still need all the old techniques.
2026-09-02 08:00:57
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TeamCréa 🇨🇮⭐️⭐️⭐️ :
I use the remove button but I'm still refining the result with some old tecnics. the new way help to gain time especially on social media post, but for printed ads it's better to mix it with old way to be precise
2026-09-06 13:03:52
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Uzorglemon :
I spent five years doing high volume product photography, and still consider myself to be a master of the Photoshop pen tool. It’s a bastard to learn because it’s wildly unintuitive, but I still use it a lot to this day when I really want a super crisp mask.
2026-09-02 07:29:51
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Eric Cartman :
I wish I could afford half a day on masking an object.
2026-09-02 07:03:06
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Carleen | Kickass Marketing :
I've hand cut out thousands of objects, hand drawn drop shadows, started on Photoshop 1. Yes learn to do it. I think every designer should have to build 1 full page car ád on deadline and work for a printshop at least 1 day
2026-09-02 08:09:05
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Ran Gluschnaider :
My favorite splash screen of all times.
2026-09-02 07:25:58
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mykemollard :
Absolutely 👍 and each designer and retoucher has their own personal “handwriting” to process the images and that brings something clever or artistic to the finished outcome
2026-09-02 06:12:51
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Sascha :
You can still do it. 🤷♂️
2026-09-02 06:39:30
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Nan McS-B :
I wholeheartedly agree. These shortcuts are huge timesavers and "good enough" for average work. If you want to stand out, you've got to know how to push the limits, innovate, and produce a unique, creative vision. A talented, high-end designer understands the fundamentals of art/design and the mechanics of how to manipulate the software to produce their vision. They never rely on a stock template or quick actions to dictate a solution (unless it's a low-budget, quick piece). The needs of the user and the content come first! (I'm probably more old school than you -- started in '86 in magazine and newspaper production -- highly manual work. Evolved, taught PS 2.0-5.0 among other programs in the 90s, early 00s. I like to learn what the latest tricks are, how they can be used. I like your reels! 🤩)
2026-09-03 14:44:37
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Chris Jones 🇦🇺 :
Even with AI object selection getting better, still find myself going back to the roots of using channels, dodge and burn for getting intricate selections.
2026-09-07 03:55:50
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hello_there_765 :
I love the remove button, but it isn't always magic. I still need my old skills
2026-09-05 16:07:43
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r_equals :
auto buttons are nice, but sometimes you just have to put in the work
2026-09-08 01:08:03
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felicia458y :
Do you have a name, or can I just call you mine?
2026-09-07 06:37:01
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