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28 Layers, Masks, and Blending To create a mask: 1. Select a layer in the Layers tab. This is the layer where you want to create the mask, and select specific region(s) if desired. 2. Click the Add Layer Mask button to create a Reveal All mask (or Reveal Selection if there is one). Instead, Alt-click the button for a Hide All Mask (or Hide Selection). OR Choose Mask>Add Mask from the Layers menu and then one of the following from the submenu: • Reveal All for a transparent mask over the whole layer • Hide All for an opaque mask over the whole layer • Reveal Selection for an opaque mask with transparent "holes" over the selected region(s) • Hide Selection for a transparent mask with opaque "blocks" over the selected region(s) On the Layers tab, a mask preview thumbnail appears, confirming that a mask exists.
Editing on the mask Layers, Masks, and Blending 29 When you create your mask you immediately enter Edit Mask mode, where you can use the full range of painting tools, selection options, flood fills, gradient fills, and effects to alter the mask's greyscale values. These manipulations cause corresponding changes in opacity, which in turn changes the appearance of the pixels on the layer itself. The image window's titlebar shows "Mask", indicating that a mask is currently being edited. The Colour tab switches to Greyscale mode when you're editing a mask, and reverts to the previous setting when you exit Edit Mask mode. This means anything you paste from the Clipboard onto the mask will automatically be converted to greyscale. As long as you are editing the mask, you're only seeing a preview of changes on the layer. You can switch out of Edit Mask mode at any time to edit the active layer directly (or any other part of the image), then switch back to resume work on the mask. To edit the active layer: • Click the layer thumbnail to the left of the Mask thumbnail. The thumbnail is then bordered in white. To edit the active layer's mask: • Click the mask thumbnail. In Edit Mask mode, you're normally viewing not the mask, but rather the effects of changes "as if" you were making them on the layer below. Adding a Reveal All mask can be a bit confusing, because there's initially no evidence the mask is there at all (i.e. the layer appears exactly the same as it did before you added the mask)!
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