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What is a vector mask in Photoshop?

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16y ago
Updated: 8/17/2019

Vector masks are a useful tool for hiding the background of the image in certain type of images. Courtesy of: http://www.tutorio.com/tutorial/vector-mask Ps. There is also a tutorial as to how to use vector masks on this website.

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