Sorry, I’m so late with this blog entry. I had the opportunity last weekend to do a Home and Garden show in Novi, Michigan, and when I got home last night, I didn’t really have the energy to blog.

This will be a bit of a short entry. I just wanted to write a few lines about quick masks. A quick mask is a specialized layer mask that is used just for making selections. I don’t really like them but they are nice for some applications. Once you press the quick mask button, a soft salmon colored film covers your image. You can eliminate the film by painting it white, and reapply it by painting it black. Once you toggle the quick mask off, whatever was not covered by the film will be selected.

Quick masks have three main advantages over other selection techniques. First and most importantly, you have all of the flexibility of your brushes instead of using your standard selection tools. Secondly, a quick mask’s film is mostly translucent, so that you can see the image which you are trying to select. Finally, it’s quick to toggle on and off. I would personally use a layer mask myself for any final product, but may use a quick mask for quick and dirty selections.