Course Outline and Free Samples

1. Selection Fundamentals

1. What You’ll Learn
2. What Are Selections?
3. Selections vs. Layer Masks

2. Essential Selection Skills

1. Introduction: Selection Core Skills
2. Marquee Selections
3. Essential Selection Keyboard Shortcuts FREE
4. Refining Selections with Transform
5. Contract or Expand Selections
6. Feathering and Anti-aliasing
7. Paint to Refine Selections - Quick Mask
8. Crop Without Cropping - Clipping Masks

3. Selection Tools Deep Dive

1. Introduction: Choosing the Right Selection Tool
2. AI-Powered Object Selections
3. Quick Selection Tool
4. Create Selections by Painting with The Selection Brush Tool
5. Fast AI Selections with Select Subject
6. Automatic Sky Selections
7. Lasso, Polygonal, and Magnetic Tools

4. Mastering The Select & Mask Workspace

1. Introduction
2. Meet The Select and Mask Workspace
3. The Select & Mask Workspace Toolsbar Explained
4. Creating Selections
5. Using View Modes to Work Smarter
6. Global Refinement Sliders Demystified
7. Refine Hair in Select and Mask
8. Output Settings and Exporting the Mask

5. Blend If

1. Introduction to Blend-If
2. Blend If - Gray Explained FREE
3. Blend If - Gray Mode Examples
4. Blend If RGB Explained
5. Blend If - RGB Mode Examples

6. Advanced Selection & Masking Techniques

1. Introduction: Why Go Beyond the Tools?
2. Creating Advanced Selections with Channels
3. Decontaminate Colors by Hand
4. Contract or Expand Masks with The Minimum & Maximum Filters
5. Using Vector Masks for Precision Edges
6. Multiple Masks in One Layer

7. Real-World Projects

1. Introduction: Bringing It All Together
2. Text Behind a Person
3. Remove Green Screen
4. Cut Out a Person from a Complex Background
5. Isolate a Product for E-Commerce
6. Select Transparent & Reflective Objects

Why This Course is Different

Instead of memorizing clicks, you’ll learn to think like a pro. This course gives you the same selection strategies I use in real Hollywood and brand projects.

Here’s what makes Selections and Masking Mastery stand out:

✅ A Complete System, Start to Finish
From the basics of marquee tools to advanced channel workflows, you’ll master the whole process, not just scattered tips.

✅ Concepts Over Memorization
You’ll understand why each method works, so you can adapt and build your own workflows instead of memorizing steps.

✅ Real-World Practice
Follow along with the provided files and apply your skills to client-style projects: green screens, products, transparent objects, and complex cutouts.

✅ Exclusive Pro Workflows
Learn techniques rarely taught on YouTube, such as advanced Blend If or a multiple mask on one layer technique that I developed and have not seen anyone else teach anywhere.

✅ Learn From Adobe’s Trusted Educator
With over 15 years of teaching experience, 2M+ YouTube subscribers, and multiple official Photoshop courses created for Adobe, I’ve helped shape how Photoshop is taught worldwide. I’ve also served as an advisor to Adobe, with several tools in Photoshop influenced by my direct feedback.

This course brings you the same professional workflows I use on Hollywood movie and TV posters; refined and tested at the highest level.

Learn From a Trusted Photoshop Educator & Industry Professional

I’m Jesús Ramirez, founder of the Photoshop Training Channel (PTC), with over 2 million subscribers. Adobe has trusted me to create official training for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Firefly.

I’ve worked on high-end projects for Hollywood and major international brands. More importantly, I’ve spent over a decade refining my approach to teaching complex Photoshop techniques in a way that’s simple, concise, and easy to remember.

When you join, you’re not just getting tutorials; you’re learning the exact workflows I use in professional, client-facing work.