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Wednesday, November 07, 2007

Photoshp CS3: Copy a Layer Mask

Often you'll need to copy a layer mask from one layer to another so you can mask out the same area on two layers. I do this when I mask the hightlights highlights in an image to protect them from being blown out.

Copying a layer mask doesn't look easy or intuitive - there's no menu command for it. However it can be done very simply. Hold the Alt and Control keys at the same time and drag the layer mask from one layer and drop it onto another. If there is already a layer mask on that second layer you'll be prompted to replace it, answer Yes to the prompt.

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2 Comments:

At November 8, 2007 at 9:31 PM , Blogger Brenda Smith said...

FYI, you spelled highlights incorrectly!

 
At July 24, 2009 at 4:28 PM , Blogger angel said...

How do I copy a layer mask from one document to another document? can it be done?

 

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