How to make an alpha channel | lynda.com tutorial

This Photoshop tutorial demonstrates how to create an alpha channel. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/Photoshop-tutorials/Photoshop-Masking-Compositing-Fundamentals/86002-2.html?utm_medium=viral&utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=videoupload-86002-0204

This specific tutorial is just a single movie from chapter two of the Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals course presented by lynda.com author Deke McClelland. The complete Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals course has a total duration of 11 hours and 35 minutes, and shows how to make selections, refine the selections with masks, and then combine them in new ways, using layer effects, blend modes, and other techniques to create a single seamless piece of artwork

Photoshop Masking and Compositing: Fundamentals table of contents:

Introduction
1. It All Starts with the Channel
2. The Magic of Masking
3. The Science of Compositing
4. The Essentials of Selecting
5. The Versatility of Combining and Transforming
6. The Unmatched Power of Color Range
7. The Unearthly Joy of Refinement
8. The Rewards of Everyday Masking
9. The Mechanics of Layer Masks
More to Come