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The Masks Panel is a sort of nexus in Photoshop for creating and refining your existing Layer Masks. If you don’t have the Masks Panel visible in Photoshop, you can always grab it by going to Window > Masks.
Density increases or reduces the transparency of the mask, allowing more or less of your masked areas to appear or disappear. Feather (shown above) softens the edges of your mask automatically. When done through the mask panel, this feathering is dynamic, and always reversible.
The Masks Panel also works with Vector Masks, but unfortunately, it only allows for adjustment of the density and feathering options.
Combined with a rough selection (for instance, the Magic Wand or Quick Selection tools), Refine Selection gives you options to automatically refine that existing mask. You can find it under Select > Refine Mask when you’re working with a Mask, or you can simply use the “Refine” button on the Masks Panel.
The “Smart Radius” is where all the action is here. You can adjust your mask with Photoshop’s built in edge detect, which can very carefully mask difficult image data, like hair.
FYI, readers, when you’re working with a selection and not a mask, the menu item become “Refine Edge,” and not “Refine Mask.” Both tools are functionally identical and used in slightly different situations.
Layer Masks are not limited to single layers. Photoshop has the ability to clump multiple layers into a single “folder” of layers called a Layer Group. Select multiple layers by Shift + clicking with your mouse, and press Ctrl + G to group them. You can apply a mask directly to the group of layers as usual, with the Group Mask hiding the image information not already masked away in the layers inside the group.
By using your eyedropper tool (shortcut key: I) choose a color from your image, then navigate to Select > Color Range. The color range tool will load a selection of that color, which you can control with the slider tool, shown above right. You may find that Photoshop thinks that the color you’re using is similar to colors you don’t see as all that similar, but Color Range is quite handy for loading selections and creating masks, nonetheless.
Select Range also has the option of grabbing the primary colors in your image, or the highlights, midtones, and shadows, if you’re interested in that sort of thing. Handy if you want to mask off or adjust certain parts of your image.
Unlike most of the other tools in this series of How-tos, Select > Grow is not recommended by the author under any plausible real world scenario, as it is somewhat unpredictable and gives results that aren’t useful. Consider the “tip” here to ignore this tool, should you come across it. There are many other tools that accomplish the same things in more useful and controlled ways.
Load Selection is one of the great indispensible tools of Photoshop. You can hold Ctrl and then click any layer (or channel) to load the non-transparent pixels, or you can navigate to Select > Load Selection to get a handy dialog box with lots of helpful options.
As we’ve already covered drawing paths, all vector shapes can be loaded as selections to be cut, copied, pasted, and used as masks, as well as being made directly into Vector Masks.
One of the most “Graphics Geek” ways possible to load a selection. It is actually possible to use the channel data that makes up your image to load a selection. Not sure how image channels work? How-To Geek has already wrote about what image channels mean, and also an elegant way to use image channels to remove backgrounds.
Opacity refers to how non-transparent (see-through) any particular layer is. By reducing the Opacity, layers located below it in the panel will show through in a semi-visible manner. You may notice a second “Opacity” slider below, called “Fill” and wondered what the difference was. Here’s the answer.
Fill affects the alpha channel of the opaque pixels in a layer—if you’re using layer effects on said layer, they are not affected. For a clearer demonstration of this, look at the example on the right, with the layer effects (Stroke and Gradient Overlay) blending into the background as the “Opacity” is set to 50%. The example on the right reduces the appearance of the geek logo without reducing the appearance of the gradient and stroke.
Have you ever printed on an inkjet transparency? This is sort of how the “Multiply” blending mode works. All white is reduced to clear, transparent white, with colors become more opaque, the darker they appear.
An old geek trick is to use this method and combine it with a white underpainting done with the brush tool in a separate layer. You’d be surprised how easy this is to do, and how quick you can get good results!
Screen can be thought of as the opposite of Multiply. The lighter the color of a layer, the more opaque it appears. The darkest colors appear transparent in this mode.
Creates a cool looking blending transparency out of any masked layer. Simply create a mask and use the Gradient Tool (Shortcut Key: G) with black blending to white.
Another non-obvious use of layer masks, many filters can be used to mask out areas of a layer. In the illustrated example, we’ve used Filters > Render > Clouds.
Image Credits: Florida Box Turtle by Jonathan Zander, available under Creative Commons. Rainbow Lorikeet and Mazda RX-8 by Fir002, available under GNU License.
ranked position #1 on keyword but ZERO google stats?
I'm not sure what this info is telling me moving forward?
As no one is looking for this keyword, ranking no. 1 on Amazon for it won't help you at all.
It's best to do some keyword research first to find out the keywords that you want to target.
If you find they have no search volume, then there's no point ranking no 1 for them as naturally no one will be looking for them.
The 5400/month is probably a good target keyword to start with. At that number of searches it might not have too much competition and is attainable if you follow the guides on amztracker and use the review club for some sales with a super url.
But at the moment you don't rank in the first 20 pages of Amazon search results for that keyword - so either your product is brand new or there is clearly a problem with your listing if that is your target and you aren't showing at all for it.
Q)"even though AMZ says a ranking if it has no estimated google search volume over a certain figure? disregard the Ranking yeah?"
A) No. Dont disregard the ranking. You are ranking in position 1 on AMAZON for that keyword. BUT: No one is searching for that keyword on GOOGLE.
From this info you can make a good assumption that no one is searching for that keyword on Amazon also .
So for that keyword it's basically worthless in terms of bringing traffic and sales to your Amazon listing if no one is searching for it - still with me?
Q)"and go for a Keyword with a higher ranking number maybe 34 with 5000 google volume over a 5 with Zero... did i understand you correctly?"
A) Well if you are already ranking 34 for a target keyword, I think it would be a good place to start as it's currently at the top of page 3 - not too far off the 1st page on Amazon, which is where you want to be.
Q)"also you mention that 5400 google searches might not have too much competition and is attainable why is that? I dont understand why it probs wont have much competition?"
A) Well 5400 searches isn't a huge volume for google in the USA for a product. So I'm guessing it is attainable without too much difficulty.
It depends on lots of things but to put it in perspective - stuff like weight loss pills, diet pills, some supplements get about 500k-1million searches per month on Google.
So you can imagine the competition for those keywords compared to one with only 5400 - that's why I think its a decent place to start, especially as you're not too far from the first page already.
This is my assumption though - it might be a high priced item with heaps of competition. but judging by the fact you already rank at 34 for it.. it may be a good one to start with.
@Sammy , thanks for the description on the keywords and search volume, it's very helpful.
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Greenville is a great place to live and these suggestions are just the tip of the iceberg and only things to do downtown! At Harris Street you are right in the center of things and can start exploring from there.
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œPatience has been the latest mantra for gold investors as the yellow metal has struggled to find momentum while the first quarter of 2019 comes to a close.
Gold prices are looking to close in negative territory last week, ending a three-week winning streak. Despite a strong rally at the start of the new year, for the quarter, the yellow metal is eking out a modest gain, up 1.3%. June gold futures last traded at $1,297.70 an ounce.
According to analysts, although the precious metal is supported by falling bond yields, it continues to struggle against resilient strength in equity markets and the U.S. dollar; however, some analysts continue to look past near-term U.S. dollar strength as threats to the economy continue to build.
Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence, said that he expects weaker equity markets to signal an end to the dollar™s rally.
œWe expect last year's strong dollar performance to have marked a last gasp for the bull market, and for the greenback to remain near the bottom of 2019 performers, which is primarily supportive of metals, he wrote in a report Friday.
In a recent interview with Kitco News, Axel Merk, president and chief investment officer of Merk Investments said that a lot of the recent price action in gold can be chalked up to quarter-end positioning. He added that long-term, the recent drop in 10-year bond yields remains gold supportive.
Although gold could remain volatile in the near-term, Merk added that last week™s dovish move from the Federal Reserve, raises the risk for higher inflation pressures, another long-term positive factor for gold.
For some analysts, This week, which sees a full calendar of important economic reports, could set the tone for equities, the U.S. dollar and gold prices. Some of the important reports that will garner the most market attention include February™s retail sales numbers, March ISM PMI data, to be released Monday and March™s nonfarm payrolls report, to be released Friday.
Daniel Ghali, commodity strategist at TD Securities, said that he will be watching ISM manufacturing data closely as markets are laser-focused on growth expectations. Weak manufacturing data would add to growing growth fears.
œPoor data that highlights weak economic growth will reignite investors™ appetite for gold, he said.
However, not all analysts see weak economic data saving gold prices in the near-term. Some have noted that weak economic data could be seen as deflationary and as a falling tide lowers all boats, gold could suffer with equities and the U.S. dollar.
Other analysts are negative on the yellow metal as the price action has caused some technical chart damage.
Colin Cieszynski, chief market strategist at SIA Wealth Management, said that a lot of the economic data has been mixed, providing little direction for gold, but he added that it™s difficult to be bullish when traders look at the technicals.
œThe recent failure to retake $1,325 and subsequent [decline] appears to have carved out the right shoulder of a head-and-shoulders top and arrives at a time when gold is moving from its stronger season of the year into its weaker season of the year, which runs through to the late summer, he said.
Christopher Vecchio, senior currency strategist at DailyFX, said that he also doesn™t like gold™s technical short-term outlook. He added that the problem the gold market faces is that there is a growing disconnect between market expectations for an economic slowdown and what the data are showing.
Vecchio added that technically he sees signs that the near-term uptrend in gold has exhausted itself and the markets needs to recalibrate. In the near-term he said that he is watching an important retracement level at $1,286 an ounce as initial support.
Chris Beauchamp, market analyst at IG, said that a break below $1,285 an ounce, could push gold prices to $1,277 an ounce.
"Music" Hey guys It’s Sagar from Tecworkz. OnePlus 5T has been praised a lot, specially for its cameras. But does it have what it takes to compete with the dual cameras of the iPhone 10, lets find out. I have compared the camera of the 5T with that of the OnePlus 5, in a previous video, and honestly I did not find a huge difference there. But we will see how this video goes. I know that the OnePlus 5T costs much less than the iPhone 10, but that doesn’t automatically make it the winner in this competition. Keep in mind that this is a comparison between the cameras on these phones.
I have been using both these smartphones right from the day they launched, and both have received many software updates, which brought a lot of improvements in their camera performance. Lets first get the specs out of the way. On the OnePlus 5T, the main camera is a 16 Megapixel sensor with F/1.7 Aperture and Electronic stabilisation. Secondary camera, has a 20 megapixel sensor, and again a very wide F/1.7 Aperture. Both the cameras have 27mm lenses, which means you can no longer take optically zoomed 2X images. You can still take 2x images, but they are just digitally zoomed in. You also no longer have the option to use either of the lenses at your will. The phone chooses the lens to be used, depending upon the lighting conditions. There are dual 12 megapixel cameras on the iPhone 10.
Main camera has a 28mm wide lens, with f/1.8 aperture, and OIS. While the secondary camera has a 52mm lens, f/2.4 aperture and it is also optically stabilised. You can take 2x zoomed images and you can switch between either of the lenses whenever you want, while taking images and videos. 5T can shoot 4K videos at 30fps and 720p slow motion videos at 120fps. iPhone 10 can shoot 4K videos at 24,30 and 60fps and 1080p slow-motion videos at 240fps. There is a mammoth 16megapixel camera with F/2.0 aperture at the front of the OnePlus 5T, whereas the iPhone 10 has 7 megapixel camera with F/2.2 aperture. With the specifications out of the way, let us take a look at the images and videos from both these cameras. But before we get to that, make sure to hit the subscribe button, so you don’t miss out on any of the amazing videos, coming up on this channel. The daylight images from both these phones are really good.
But the colours are a bit different from both these phones. iPhone captures a bit warmer and richer looking colours, while the colours from the 5T are a bit cooler and seem a bit washed out in comparison. There are slightly more details in the images from the iPhone 10. Since the 5T has a higher megapixel sensor, I expected it to be the other way around. But it seems like the image processor on the iPhone does a better job than the image processor on the OnePlus 5T. These images are taken with the 2x mode on both these cameras. On the 5T, its just a digitally zoomed image, but on the iPhone 10, its optically zoomed. You can digitally zoom in a lot more on both these phones, and these images have been captured by zooming in 6 times. And again image from the iPhone is much sharper and good looking than the one from the OnePlus 5T. OnePlus has always had a bit of problem when it comes to focusing while taking close up images, and the 5T still has that issue.
But you can switch to the manual mode and set the focus wherever you want. These images look great from both the phones, but the colours, contrast and the dynamic range, again are better from the iPhone 10. Here are a couple of more shots showing the dynamic range of both these cameras. iPhone 10 captures amazing dynamic range, as you can see in these shots. Now lets take a look at the portrait mode images. This is where OnePlus is said to do really well. Both take amazing portraits shots, and they are getting better at it with each software update. Edge detection on both has got much better than how it was at the launch. Since both the lenses on 5T have similar focal length, the background in its portrait images is not as compressed as it is in the images from the iPhone 10. OnePlus also has a much wider aperture on the secondary lens, so its portrait images are also brighter than those from the iPhone 10. As we move to artificial and lower lighting conditions, we see a bigger difference between the images from both these phones. OnePlus 5T is supposed to perform much better in lower lighting conditions, thanks to its secondary camera.
But this improved performance is still not enough to take on the iPhone 10 in these situations. iPhone still captures better colours, sharper, detailed and brighter images. If we zoom in on this image, we clearly see the iPhone capturing more details. But this can only be seen if you zoom in. Otherwise, they look equally good. Front facing camera on the OnePlus 5T, captures detailed and sharper images, but I like the way iPhone captures the colours and the dynamic range. 5T also has a wider lens on the front facing camera of the two, so you can get more of your friends in the shot. On the iPhone 10, you can now take portraits images with the front facing camera as well. They might not be as sharp or clear as the ones from the rear camera or the front camera of the newer Pixel phones, but it still does a good job. Videos from both these phones are very smooth. Electronic stabilisation on the 5T does a great job, and the Optical stabilisation on the iPhones has always been amazing. You can shoot 720p videos in 120fps on the 5T, but the iPhone can take it to the next level, by shooting 1080p videos at 240fps, its just a treat to look at.
With all of the image and video samples that we have seen in this video, its clear that the iPhone 10 has a better set of cameras, and we knew this before even starting this video. But it also costs almost 3 times as much as the OnePlus 5T, and the actual difference between the images of the two, is not as big as the difference in their price. If you are looking to choose between these phones based on their camera, then go with the iPhone 10. It costs a lot, but it also packs in amazing set of dual cameras. On the other hand, you can get the OnePlus 5T, save a lot of money, and still get a set of cameras, which are not too far behind in this comparison. So now after checking out the image and video samples, which one will you choose? Let me know in the comments section. That is it for this video guys. Please hit the like button if you enjoyed this video, and subscribe to the channel for more quality tech videos like this. You can also check out some of the other videos from this channel. This has been Sagar, and I’ll catch you guys in the next video.
Prince Harry briefly showed off his pipes Wednesday night, proving he could always take up a career in music if the whole royal family thing doesn’t work out.
As if the polo stick slinger and Meghan Markle attending a performance at Hamilton at London’s Victoria Palace Theatre weren’t special enough, Prince Harry hopped onstage to treat audiences to his singing voice.
“You say….” he began to warm choruses of applause.
It was just a snippet from the Hamilton song “You’ll Be Back” that the tyrannical King George III character sings. But it was more than enough to make the crowd flip for it. Not to mention, the musical’s creator Lin-Manuel Miranda stomped his foot in excitement, and of course royal fans online joined in on the cheers.
Instead of finishing the song – effectively about his royal predecessor King George bidding colonies farewell – he got down to thanking everyone who came together for the affair.
Meghan Markle attended the event with him in a Judith and Charles tuxedo dress and black heels. This wasn’t their first Hamilton rodeo either. The couple had already attended another performance in February as duo, and this marked Markle’s third time at the cult hit musical, which makes them the world’s most famous musical theater supporters.
“King George III’s great-great-great-great-great-great grandson The Duke Of Sussex sang a few bars tonight,” Miranda recapped later with a tweet.
According to one reporter, Harry loves to sing the hit musical’s songs.
But it was already a very big day for the recent groom. Halle Berry noticed a Halle Berry poster in resurfaced photos of the Prince Harry’s college dorm room, and really let him have it.
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