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8. In the top half of the Brush Preset picker, change the Size value to 50 px Note:
and change the Hardness value to 100%.
Even though you’re
painting with black,
Define the brush
size and hardness the stroke appears as red
in theses fields. because that’s the defined
mask color.

9. Press Return/Enter to dismiss the Brush Preset picker.

10. With the Brush tool active and Black as the active foreground color, click
and drag over those pixels to add to the mask area.
The Brush tool paints with whatever is defined as the foreground color, which is black in
this case. Remember: When painting on a mask, black adds to the mask and hides pixels
on the masked layer.

Brush tool cursor

Paint with black to
remove pixels
from the image
(add to the mask).

11. Click the Switch Foreground and Background Colors button near the
bottom of the Tools panel.

12. Paint over any masked areas inside the city area.
Painting on a mask with white removes from the
mask area, revealing the masked layer’s pixels.

As you paint to fine-tune a mask, keep the Paint the mask
following points in mind: with white to
reveal areas.
• You can use the bracket keys to enlarge (])
or reduce ([) the brush size. The Brush tool
• You can press X to switch the current cursor reflects the
foreground and background colors. This size of the brush.
is very useful to remember when you are Switch Foreground
painting on a mask, because you can reset and Background
the default (black and white) colors and Colors button
switch them as necessary depending on
what you want to accomplish.
• You can also use the Eraser tool on a mask. Be careful, though, because erasing
an area of the mask when the foreground color is white has the same effect as
painting with the background color.

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