Learn how to make any selection better with the Refine Edge command, particularly on tricky subjects like fur. Adjust the radius it picks up to remove rough edges and create a mask that has a gentler blend.

In this movie author Julieanne Kost discusses one of the most commonly used filters in Photoshop, the Unsharp Mask filter, which allows you to make an image appear sharper. She also talks about adjusting the three different variables for this filter: Amount, Radius, and Threshold.

NAPP Instructor Matt Kloskowski goes over a little bit of a background on sharpening, how the sliders work, and his tips for sharpening images in Lightroom.

Save time and preserve your design's integrity by cleanly extracting CSS elements and values (such as color, font, gradient, and corner radius) using the new CSS Properties panel. Once you have the code, copy and paste it directly into Adobe Dreamweaver® CS6 software or other HTML editors.

Adobe introduced the powerful Roto Brush in After Effects CS5 allowing you to increase your productivity when compositing layers together. Colin has some great tips to help you get the most out of Roto Brush including how to help After Effects make the best choices when propagating new frames.

See how Photoshop CS5 easily selects intricate image elements such as hair; eliminates background color around selection edges; and automatically varies selection edges and creates perfect masks using new refinement tools.

In this video Dan Moughamian shows you how you can use the refine edge command to refine selection or mask edges. This is Tip #65 from Adobe Digital Imaging How-To's Book.

In this episode, Russell Brown demonstrates how beginning and advanced users can quickly and easily create professional quality masks using Photoshop CS5's Refine Mask panel.