Tools Work On Masks
Due to the fact that masks work off of black, white, and
shades of grey, the functions of the different tools may
vary.
Clone Brush
- The source image must first be set to Grey Scale
in order for this tool to work.
Paint Brush
- Regardless of which button is used, black
will add to the mask while white will remove the mask.
The same effect can be seen with the air brush tool.
Airbrush
- Painting on a mask with the Airbrush will edit
both the Mask and the unprotected area, but it will have
opposite effects depending on the color being used. Black
will not affect the masked area, but can be used to 'paint'
a mask into the unprotected area. White, on the other
hand will not affect the unprotected area but will remove
sections of the mask.
Eraser Tool
- When erasing with shades of grey, the primary
button masks unprotected areas, the secondary button removes
masking from the masked area.
Retouch:
- Smudge
- Lighten - to remove mask
- Darken - to replace mask
- Soften
- Sharpen
- Emboss
- Push
Tubes
- You can create some really cool effects with
Tubes
and Masks.
For the example I started with a new window, then applied a
mask to the window using the Hide All selection.
Activating the Edit mask selection, I then switched
to the Tubes tool and 'dropped' a few butterflies
onto my mask. I de-activated the Edit Mask function, Inverted
the mask and finished off by adding a Gradient Fill.
Gradient Fill
Text
will appear as a Floating selection on the mask
and will need to be edited to display. Using any of the paint
tools on the selection will cause the text to show. There are
two ways to cause the text to display, either paint inside the
text selection or invert the selection and paint outside of
the selection.
Masks
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