Photoshop Tutorial – Make Clipping Mask for Great Photo Effect

The image file should be placed above the shape layer in layer panel order. To make masking technique great photo effect, now select Layer > Create Clipping Mask or press Ctrl+Alt+G.

Note: It may use different menu in other Photoshop version before CS4 or CS3.

The above layer will placed inside the lower one. Very useful to make a quick photo/image frame.

Here, in this Photoshop tutorial, you can add some layer style to the container layer (lower layer) if you want to make a more stunning photo effects.

If you want to move or rotate the layer, make sure you select both of them (the clipped layer and the container layer) using Shift+click. It wills easier in further use if you link them.

We can put more than one Photoshop clipped layers. And if you need to release the layer from clipped status, you can select it from Layer > Release Clipping Mask or by right click at the clipped layer (in layer panel) and select Release Clipping Mask to make the photo effect disappear.

Here is the layer order and position to make the image sample in top of this Photoshop tutorial.

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