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10. Click the mask thumbnail in the Layers panel to select only the mask, and
then open the Properties panel (Window>Properties).
As you know, you want to remove the hole in the wall and not the wall. You selected the
area in the hole to create the mask, but you now need to invert the mask.
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 selected, you can manipulate a variety of properties related to the
selected mask. (You will use different aspects of the Properties panel in later projects.)

11. In the Properties panel, click the Invert button.
This button reverses the mask, so now only the bricks are visible.

The layer mask
must be selected in
the Layers panel.

The Properties panel
can be used to edit
the selected mask.

12. 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
you can use the Move tool to move the contents of a layer around on the canvas. You
can move a layer to any position in the stacking order (the top-to-bottom position of
a layer) by simply dragging it to a new position in the Layers panel.

1. With aftermath.psd open, make all layers visible.
2. Click the Bricks layer in the Layers panel and drag up. When a heavy bar
appears below the Title layer, release the mouse button. Note:
Press Command/
Control-[ (left bracket) to
The heavy line indicates move a layer down in the
where the layer will be stacking order.
positioned when you
release the mouse button. Press Command/
Control-] (right bracket)
to move a layer up in the
stacking order.
Be careful: If the border appears around a layer group, releasing the mouse button would
place the dragged layer inside of the group.

Project 1: Composite Movie Ad 71