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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%.
If you see anything other
Define the brush than a round brush
size and hardness shape in the top-left
in theses fields.
corner of the Brush
Preset picker, expand the
General Brushes folder
in the lower half of the
Brush Preset picker and
choose the Hard Round
option.
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 that you want 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. Paint the mask
with white to
As you paint to fine-tune a mask, keep reveal areas.
the following points in mind:
The Brush tool
• You can use the bracket keys cursor reflects the
to enlarge (]) or reduce ([) the size of the brush.
brush size.
Switch Foreground
• You can press X to switch and Background
the current foreground and Colors button
background colors. This 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.

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