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10. With the Brush tool active and Black as the active foreground color, click
and drag over the area that you want to add to the mask. Note:

The Brush tool paints with whatever is defined as the foreground color, which is black in Even though you’re
this case. Remember: When painting on a mask, black adds to the mask and hides pixels painting with black,
on the masked layer. the stroke appears as red
because that’s the defined
mask color.
The Brush tool
cursor reflects the
size of the brush.

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

11. Continue to paint on the mask channel until you are satisfied with your
mask. Keep the following points in mind as you paint:
• You can use the bracket keys to enlarge (])
or reduce ([) the brush size.
• Painting on a mask with white removes
from the mask area, revealing the masked
layer’s pixels.
Paint the mask
• Click the Switch Foreground and with white to
Background Colors button near the reveal areas.
bottom of the Tools panel.
Switch Foreground
• You can press X to switch the current and Background
foreground and background colors. This Colors button
is very useful to remember when you are
painting on a mask, because you can reset the default (black and white) colors
and 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.

12. 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, double-click the Sunrise Mask channel icon in
the Channels panel.

74 Project 1: Music CD Artwork