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Painting a Mask

Once you’ve added a mask, you can now add or subtract using a variety of tools. You can freely
switch between the Brush, Radial Mask, and Gradient Mask tools while working. Once you’ve
chosen one of these tools, a new toolbar appears. Let’s explore the essential controls.

Global Mask Controls

Once you start to edit a mask, you’ll see global mask controls. These make it easier to visualize a
mask or edit its contents. These controls are found in the toolbar.

• Fill. This option attaches a mask filled
with white that reveals all details of the
filter. Use the Brush tool to paint with
black and subtract from the mask.

• Invert. Inverts any mask that you’ve
created so that its opacity and

transparency values are reversed.
• Clear.. This option hides the results of

the filter entirely. Use the paint brush
or gradient tools to add details back to
the image.

• Copy. Copies the current mask to the
clipboard. To use this, create a new layer and paste it into the new layer.

• Paste. Pastes the current mask stored on the clipboard for use on another layer.

• Show Mask/Hide Mask. This controls the visibility of the mask. It makes it easy to view the
mask as a rubylith (red) overlay. You may also continue drawing while the layer mask is
shown, for even more precision. Just click the eyeball icon

• Density (Only for Brush Tool). Controls the transparency of pixels outside of a mask so the
overall the mask fades into the background better.

• Feather (Only for Brush Tool). Blurs the edges of a mask to more naturally fade the mask
adjustments into the image.

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