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21. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Enable Layer Mask
from the contextual menu.

22. Save the file and continue to the next exercise.

Edit Layer Mask Properties
The most important thing to understand in this series of exercises is that layer masks
are non-destructive. You can change the mask to change the visible area of the layer,
temporarily hide the mask to show the entire layer, or even delete the mask entirely if
you decide you don’t want or need it. You can also edit a number of mask properties
to further refine the mask and its effect on the masked layer contents.

1. With cd-artwork.psd open, open the Channels panel (Window>Channels).

2. In the Channels panel,
click the empty space on
the left side of the panel
to make the Sunrise Mask
channel visible.
Layer masks are not visible
by default; you have to turn
them on in the Channels Making the mask
panel to see them. Although channel visible allows
you can edit a mask without you to see the red
seeing it, it is easier (at least overlay in the image.
when you’re first learning)
to be able to see what you’re
doing.

3. Double-click the Sunrise Mask channel icon in the Channels panel.

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