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4. Change the Opacity field to 100%, then click OK.
Remember, this change only affects the
transparency of the mask, not the degree of
transparency applied to the layer. By setting
the mask opacity to 100%, you will be better
able to see the results of your choices in the
following steps.
Anything solid red will be hidden and anything
with no red will be visible; shades of red will be
partially transparent.

5. If necessary, click the empty space on the
left side of the Channels panel to make the
Sunrise Mask channel visible.
There is a minor bug in the software that might cause the mask channel to be hidden
when you change the mask opacity.

6. In the Layers panel, click the Sunrise layer mask thumbnail to select it.

Clicking the layer mask
These corner icons thumbnail selects the
indicate that the mask so you can edit it.
base layer is selected.

7. Open the Properties panel (Window>Properties).
Like the Options bar, the Properties panel is contextual. Different options are available
in the panel depending on what is selected in the Layers panel. When a layer mask is Note:
selected, you can manipulate a variety of properties related to the selected mask.
The Select and Mask
button opens the Select
and Mask workspace.
The Color Range button
The Properties panel opens the [Select] Color
can be used to edit
the selected mask. Range dialog box.
The layer mask must
be selected in the
Layers panel.

The Density slider changes the opacity of the overall mask. If you reduce the density
to 80%, for example, underlying layers will be 20% visible through the mask. (Don’t
confuse this with the opacity of an alpha channel, which only affects the appearance of
the mask onscreen.)

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