Deke, I remember when you did a great job with Lynda - from where I learned about the secrets of Photoshop - you were such a nice young man back then with a dark and full hair. Now you are still nice ;O) Will you believe that I was much younger too! Those were the days.
Appreciate your knowledge but you do go on and on before getting to the point. What could be a 6 or 7 minute tutorial turns into 20 minutes? Let go of your ego and simply teach. I hope I’m not offending you and you’ll take this as constructive criticism.
This has been my experience as well. Granted, you have to be patient with the hit-or-miss quality of the results. But when it gets it right, it works wonders!
BS on Deke, key part is Mask and he does NOT Show how he created it but wants you to go to his Patreon (paid) site ... just unsubscribed and thumbs down.