Assalaam-O-Alaikum!
Kaisay hain sab dost? After a long time I'm sharing something here. Kuch din pehlay online hua tha aor "ASK US" mein aik member nay request ki thi 'MASK' k liay. So, I thought to write something according to my practice. So, lets start...

NOTE: I used "Adobe Photoshop 7.0"

"The MASK"
(Part 1)

(I’M SORRY I DON’T HAVE URDU INPAGE TO WRITE THE TUTORIAL IN URDU).

First of all I would like to tell you what exactly the ‘mask’ is. MASK is little bit complex. (I call it Complex in a sense of powerful and versatile). We can use it in creating multi images, wallpapers, collages, CD labels and in web designing as well.

The simple and accurate example of the MASK is ’Printing a negative’. While printing from a negative we shine the light through the negative onto light-sensitive photo paper. Wherever the light hits the paper, the paper gets darken. The color to which it darkens depends upon the intensity/color of the light. Sometimes, we don’t want to print the whole negative but a part of it and we use ‘cardboard’ for this purpose.

I’ll show U an image to demonstrate. See below:

(Yaa’ni: Jab hum kisi negative say print karna chahen, ek light (bulb) ki roshni us negative say guzaartay huay aik photo-sensitive paper par daaltay hain, jo k baad mein gehra ho jaata hai. Aor yeh us soorat mein hota hai jab hum negative ko as it is print karna chahen. Lekin agar hum negative ka kuch hissa print karna chahtay hain to phir aik ‘cardboard’ use kia jata hai jis mein aapki requirement k mutabiq hole ho ya jaisa bhi design aap chahen.)
Waisay negative par tape kar k bhi yeh kaam kiya ja sakta hai

In our case this ’cardboard’ is a MASK.

In Adobe Photoshop, a 'mask' works in the same way. The negative in the above image would be the layer that you have the complete image in it. The cardboard will be the layer mask attached to that layer, which tell what part of the image should shine through and what part should be hidden or blocked from view. And what you see when you’ve applied the mask is the finished photographic layer.

Here I’d like to explain a little about BLACK & WHITE mask. Rather than being a piece of cardboard, a mask in Adobe Photoshop is a layer completely filled with black. To cut a hole out of the mask, we paint on it with WHITE. A complete WHITE mask will allow complete layer to show through, whereas a complete BLACK mask doesn’t allow any of the part of it. Have a look on these images:

(see the MASK and its result)

(PLEASE, DON'T REPLY UNTIL I COMPLETE MY TUTORIAL. THANKS)

Lets take a start now...

I used these two images: IMAGE1 and IMAGE 2(which is a texture image)
note: IMAGE 1=Image Layer, IMAGE 2= Texture Layer

Step1: Open both of the images in a new Document of any size and make each into a layer keeping ’Image1’ upper than the ’Image2’.
Best Way: (Open IMAGE 2. Press ’ctrl A’ to select it , Press ’ctrl C’ to Copy and then press ’ctrl N’ to open a new document and ’ctrl V’ to paste it. Do the same thing with IMAGE 1.

Layers should be like this:

Step2: Save this image as backup or the ‘Original Document’ (with no masks) somewhere else so that we can use it later. Make sure your IMAGE LAYER is selected and now try some of the following examples:

Example 1:- “SIMPLE CROPPING”
Use 'Elliptical Marquee Tool’ and draw a circle or Ellipse over any part of the IMAGE LAYER you want.

- Click ’Add Layer Mask’

(Continue with EXAMPLE 1)

and you’ll get like this.

And your mask will be:

You can also add some effects to the IMAGE LAYER to make it more good looking. (I used ’Outer Glow’ with BLUE color.

(Another Method: Before making selection, add a mask to the layer. Make selection and select INVERSE “ctrl+shift+I” then fill with ‘BLACK’.

Example 2:- MIX CROPPING” (continue with the Example 1)
- Select ’Rectangle Marquee Tool’.

And make selection (overlapping the previous selection) and fill with ’BLACK’. (I did a vertical rectangle). Make another selection not overlapping or intersecting the previous selection and fill it with ’WHITE’. (I did the right bottom corner).
Now your mask and the image should be like this:

(NOTE: Instead of MARQUEE TOOL, we can also use BRUSHES to simply painting according to our requirement).

Example 3:- “MOVING”

- Now activate the ”Move” tool OR press (V). Drag your Image Layer a little bit here and there and observe the move. We’ll see that the image and the mask move together. Its because of that they both are linked to each other. Between the LAYER thumbnail and the MASK Thumbnail, there is a link icon. IF we clink on it, there will be no more link between the LAYER and the MASK.
see below:

now move the LAYER first selecting the LAYER Thumbnail only then later with selecting the ”MASK Thumbnail. See my results.

So, Thats it with PART 1. I've tried my best to make it easy and present it well, but if U feel I should have done better or if U guys have found something which is not clear to you, please let me know and I will explain it. The only purpose was to give a little know how about the "MASK"
Thanks!

Khush Raheay...

Walekum Salaam
Bohat Acha Introduction Likha Hai MASK Ka Mujhey Is Ka Nahein Pata Tha Sahi Se Ab Try Karungi Insha'ALLAH

Thanks For Sharing Jabbar Bhai

Chalain ji meri mehnat wasool ho gaee
Thanks!

Khush Raheay..

walaikum-U-salaam!
kaisee hain Waddi Ustaani Jee? Aaj computer theek hua aor Monday tak Photoshop install ko jaaey ga. Itnay din ka gap... New version aa raha hai kya?

Jee, New version of Powerpoint (2007) has this flexibility. Aap .GIF, .JPG, .PNG mein save kar saktay hain.
(waisay I think 2000 mein bhi ho jaata hai aisa, but I'm sure about that).

Khush Raheay..

THANK YOU JABBAR BHAI............ BOHAT ACHI TARAH SAY AAP NAY MASKING SAMJHAI HAY.....HERE IS MY HOME WORK

Bohat Zabardast Tareeqah Tha Jabbar Bhai Mein Ne Seekh Liya Aur Samajh Bhi Aagayi Mein Ne Bana K Bhi Dekha

Jabbar Bhai
Salam

ma na hi ap sa kaha tha Masking ka bary ma
infact mari field Modles or actress ka Photoshoot ka wallapapers ko design krny ki ha
i mean i am using Photoshop since 5 years
and its my wish to learn something different about photshop but in vain
no 1 9ws which i want to 9
well my problem is cutting the pic (backgroud removing)
if u have a textured or multicolor backgroud pic with shakky hairs and if u want to crop that pic then u 9 that
we are unable to clear cut that pic along her hair
did u understand what i want to say bhai?