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12. If the mask channel remains visible, click the eye icon for the Sunrise
Mask channel in the Channels panel to hide it.
Even when the actual mask channel is not visible, the mask remains intact on the layer.

The mask remains
intact and enabled,
even though the mask
channel is not visible.

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

Arrange Layer Position and Stacking Order

The ad is almost final, but a few pieces are still not quite in position. You already know Note:
you can use the Move tool to move the contents of a layer around on the canvas.
You can also move a layer to any position in the stacking order (the top-to-bottom Be careful when drag-
position of a layer) by simply dragging it to a new position in the Layers panel. ging layers near a layer
group. If the border
1. With cd-artwork.psd open, make all layers visible. appears around a layer
group, releasing the
2. Click the Sunrise layer in the Layers mouse button would
panel and drag up. When a heavy The line identifies
bar appears above the Lightning where the layer will be place the dragged layer
layer, release the mouse button. positioned when you inside of the group.
release the mouse button.
After you restack the layers, you might
see that a small blank space appears Note:
in the bottom-left corner. (Yours might be slightly different, depending on how you
painted the mask in the previous exercise.) If your original selection
does not result in the
problem described in
Step 2, skip to Step 7.

Note:

Press Command/Con-
trol-[ (left bracket) to
move a layer down in
the stacking order.

Press Command/Con-
This transparent area
needs to be filled for trol-] (right bracket) to
the overall composition move a layer up in the
to be complete. stacking order.

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