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18. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Disable Layer Mask
from the contextual menu.
When you disable the mask, the background pixels are again visible. This is one advan-
tage of using masks — masked pixels are not removed, they are simply hidden.
When the mask is
disabled, masked
pixels are visible.
A red X indicates
that the mask is
disabled.
Control/right-click the
thumbnail to open the
mask’s contextual menu.
19. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Apply Layer Mask
from the contextual menu.
This option applies the mask to the attached layer, permanently removing the masked
pixels from the layer.
The masked pixels are
permanently removed
from the layer.
The mask is removed
from the layer.
20. Choose Edit>Undo Apply Layer Mask to restore the layer mask.
As you saw in the previous step, applying a mask permanently removes the masked
pixels. This essentially defeats the purpose of a mask, so you are restoring it in this step.
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