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Adjustment Layers and Masks
Masks allow you to hide or reveal a section of a layer and is often a better way of hiding an item because it is non-destructive as opposed to using the Erase tool.
- You can attach a mask to a layer by pressing the
Maskbutton at the bottom of the Layers Panel, it looks like a circle in a square. - Make sure you click on the mask of the layer and that the brackets are around it.
- Masking uses a scale from white to black the darker the color gets more the layer will be hidden the lighter it is the more the layer will be shown. To remember this think of turning the lights out on the layer the darker it is the harder it is to see.
- If you have something selected before you add an Adjustment layer everything but what is selected will be masked.