Exchange Masks & Alpha Channels between Photoshop & Boris FX Optics 2022

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Boris FX Optics 2022 adds improved alpha support for working in Adobe Photoshop. In this tutorial, Ben Brownlee takes you through some of the more common workflows for dealing with layer masks and alpha channels.
In the first section we look at how to take an EZ Mask out of Optics and work with it further in Photoshop. The second section shows how to take layer masks from Photoshop, work further on them in Optics, and take them back out to Photoshop. The third section is all about adding Optics to text layers, and how some effects generate their own alpha channel. Finally, we see how to render from Optics without alpha, for those times when you want to complete the composite in Photoshop.
Learn more about Boris FX Optics here : bit.ly/3lwr0HY
Watch the complete Optics tutorial playlist here :
// C H A P T E R L I S T //
00:00 Intro
00:23 Using Optics EZ Masks in Photoshop
04:51 Working with Layer Masks between Photoshop & Optics
08:33 Using text and graphic layers in Optics
10:50 Compositing light effects without using an alpha
13:00 Outro

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@ericrobinson8078 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Ive been wondering how to export masks back into Photoshop. Thanks to this now I know. Simple really.

@BorisFXco 2 жыл бұрын

Happy to help! Really glad you're finding these videos useful.

@thegroove2000 2 жыл бұрын

These tuts are fantastic for a novice like me. Keep up the good work you talented clever lot.

@BorisFXco 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them! More coming!

@DynastyUK Жыл бұрын

This is incredible!

@BorisFXco Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@rubensrodriguezcabellos8417 3 ай бұрын

At minute 7:21, what button did you press or what did you do to make the mask appear?

@BorisFXco 3 ай бұрын

M for Mask. Sorry I didn't say that in this tutorial. I always try to call it out.

@Sormad 11 ай бұрын

How can I export the mask in standalone optics?

@BorisFXco 11 ай бұрын

The standalone won't export the alpha mask separately, because it's doing all its compositing in the app. But there is a trick to get a black and white alpha out that you can use in another application. With your mask created, add a new layer and add a Color filter. Set this to black and copy your mask up from the previous layer. Add another layer and Color filter, setting this to white. Drag your mask up again to copy it from a previous layer and then invert the mask. Boom, a black and white mask to use as an alpha channel elsewhere. I will add a feature request though for direct alpha saving from Optics. I can see why that would be very useful.

@Sormad 11 ай бұрын

@@BorisFXco Great I'll try that. Thx.