913 Two ways to mask gradient effects

- [Instructor] In this movie, … I'll show you two different ways … to go about masking a gradient effect. … And the idea is once again, … I want to bring back the original red of the model's lips. … But as you can see, … I'm applying the colors a bit more playfully. … One might even argue more approximately, … and that's because while gradient layers … support layer masks, gradient overlay effects do not. … So we have to take very different approaches. … All right, so I'll go ahead … and switch to our composition so far. … And I'll click on that layer that's called VY. … That is violet to yellow. … And you can see if I turn off the Amazon layer for a moment … that we go in a linear fashion from violet … over here on the left, … through a bunch of intermediate colors, … to a shade of yellow over here on the right. … All right, I'm going to go ahead and add a layer mask … by dropping down to the add layer mask icon … at the bottom of the layers panel and clicking on it. … And that will give us a white mask. …