Photoshop masking is really one of the most widely used photo editing methods employed to extract an object from its original background such as what clipping path normally does. Clipping path, however, is one method where the user has to drag the image object on the clipping path by clicking the mouse button and after that, choose the desired area or click the x button if the value for the selection is positive. Image masking in Photoshop is similar to this method, but this time, a clipping mask is created as well. Here's how Photoshop masking can be used effectively in any image editing software.