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Layer masking tips and tricks

Layer masking tips and tricks - Photoshop Tutorial

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Layer masking tips and tricks

In this exercise, I'm going to share some tips and tricks for working with layers inside of Photoshop. I've saved my changes as Vibrant skintones.psd found inside the 09_layer_masks folder. Notice that my Adjustment layer is selected here at the top of the Layers panel. Now I was telling you that you can view the layer mask by itself, independently of the image by pressing the Alt key or the Option key on the Mac and clicking on that layer Mask thumbnail there inside the Layers panel, and now we'll see the revealed portions of the layer in white, the concealed portions in black and the levels of translucency in -between in shades of gray. If you want to return to the full- color Composite view then you can either Alt+Click or Option+Click on that layer Mask thumbnail again, or you can just go ahead and click on one of the layer thumbnails. For example, in this case, I could click on that Vibrance icon right there and that'll switch me back to the RGB view. Notice, it also deactivates…

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