Page 65 - Adobe Photoshop and Dreamviewer 2021

19. Choose Edit>Undo Apply Layer Mask to restore the layer mask.
As you saw in the previous step, applying a mask permanently removes the masked
pixels. This essentially defeats the purpose of a mask, so you are restoring it in this step.

20. Control/right-click the mask thumbnail and choose Enable Layer Mask
from the contextual menu.
Note:
Creating selections,
reversing them, and
then deleting the pixels
surrounding an object is
a common method for
creating silhouettes —
but not necessarily the
best method. Masks
protect the original
pixels while providing
exactly the same result.

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

Edit a Layer Mask

In the previous exercise, you created a mask based on a selected color range.
Depending on how you clicked to select the color range, you might have small areas
of selected color in the city area, or small areas of unselected color in the sky. Rather
than trying to isolate small spots of color in the Color Range dialog box, you can
manually edit the mask using the built-in painting tools.
1. With aftermath.psd open, click the Skyline layer mask thumbnail to select it.

Clicking the layer mask
These corner icons thumbnail selects the
indicate that the mask so you can edit it.
base layer is selected.

Project 1: Composite Movie Ad 77