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Inverting a layer mask

Inverting a layer mask - Photoshop Tutorial

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Inverting a layer mask

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- [Tutor] All right, now we're going to mask the screws and we're going to do so using this guy right here the Brush tool, because by default, the brush tool has a round tip. And along the way, I'll show you how to invert a layer mask. Because at least where this layer is concerned, it happens to be the best approach. So the first thing I'm going to do is make sure the screws layer is active and then I'll drop down to the Add Layer Mask icon, down here at the bottom of the layers panel and click on it. And because nothing is selected, the entire layer mask is white, meaning that it's not hiding anything. All right now, I'll go ahead and switch to the brush tool, which you can get by pressing the B key and then you want to right click inside the image window and crank the hardness up to 100% and then I'll take the size value, let's say up to 60 pixels and then I'll compare it to this screw that represents the…

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