Alpha Channel Masking is Raster Masking in Adobe Photoshop that requires Photoshop Masking techniques with CMYK, RGB, and various other custom channels. For greater perfection with fine edges, Photoshop Alpha Channel Masking is the best solution. Photoshop alpha channel masking is very much helpful for translucent & semi-transparent images. Alpha Channel Masking is useful when Clipping Path alone is not applicable on semi transparent or translucent images like glasses, hairs, feathers, smoke, flames, highlights, lighting, chiffon & muslin, etc.

Again, Photoshop Alpha Channel Masking is quite handy for saving a selection for Large image files (PSD, TIFF, PICT, & RAW) and where creating image layers is quite difficult. For best quality Photoshop Masking, manual Alpha Channel Masking can ensure very smooth edges of cutout or isolated images, which is much more advanced level of creating transparency ahead of clipping path.