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17. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Disable Layer Mask
from the contextual menu. Note:
In the Layers panel, the
Add Layer Mask option
is not available if the
Background layer is
selected. You can’t apply
You have to click the a layer mask to the
mask thumbnail to Background layer of a
open the contextual file, so you first have to
menu for the mask.
convert the Background
layer to a regular layer.
When you disable the mask, the background pixels are again visible. This is one of the
advantages of using masks — the background pixels are not permanently removed,
they are simply hidden.

When the mask is
disabled, the masked
pixels are visible.

A red X indicates that
the mask is disabled.

18. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Apply Layer Mask
from the contextual menu.
This option applies the mask to the attached layer, permanently removing the masked
pixels from the layer.

The masked pixels are
permanently removed
from the layer.
The mask is removed
from the layer.

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