Photoshop Guru Deke McClelland shares "The Essential Approach to Masking in Photoshop," wherein he offers a overarching roadmap of the tried and true approach to masking a complex image. In about 30 minutes, Deke creates a full-blown mask—from scratch—and employs that mask to composite a complex foreground against a foreign background. All in Photoshop.For more info, see Deke's book, Photoshop CS4 Channels and Masks One-on-One, from O'Reilly Media. Or see his comprehensive video series Photoshop CS3 Channels and Masks from lynda.com.