This part of the digital editing course contains assignments that are more complex.  These tasks involve:

Removing or altering unwanted or artifacts on photos (often called touch-up or re-touch) by use of Healing Tools, Masks, and Filters.

Using Masks

Using the Blending Modes

Using the Transform Tool

Using the Liquify Filter

First thing you need to do is look at this page in the next link.  There is a video that gives an overview of what a mask is, what it can be used for, and demostrate some of it’s capabilities

This is a video that gives an overview of mask use – not an assignment:

Masks Introduction

Assignments:

Digital Hand Painting

Sunset/Sunrise With Foreground- Exposure Balancing

Overlay to Improve Contrast – Working with Blending Modes

Healing Tools – Touch up Editing

Mask to Fix Merger

Liquify Filter

Photomontage – with Clouds – Using Masks and Transform Tool