Adobe 23101335 User Guide - Page 251
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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 6.0 241 User Guide To select and display the layer mask channel: Do one of the following: • Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer mask thumbnail to view only the grayscale mask. The eye icons in the Layers palette are dimmed because all layers or layer sets are hidden. To redisplay the layers, Alt-click or Option-click the layer mask thumbnail, or click an eye icon. • Hold down Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS), and click the layer mask thumbnail to view the mask on top of the layer in a rubylith masking color. Hold down Alt+Shift or Option+Shift, and click the thumbnail again to turn off the color display. To turn off the layer mask temporarily: 1 Press Shift, and click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. A red X appears over the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette, and the entire underlying layer or layer set appears without masking effects. 2 To turn on the mask, Shift-click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. You can enable or disable layer masks using the Layer menu. To change the rubylith display for a layer mask: 1 Do one of the following: • Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer mask thumbnail to select the layer mask channel; then double-click the layer mask thumbnail. • Double-click the layer mask channel in the Channels palette. 2 To choose a new mask color, in the Layer Mask Display Options dialog box, click the color swatch, and choose a new color. For more information, see "Using the Adobe Color Picker" in online Help. 3 To change the opacity, enter a value between 0% and 100%. Both the color and opacity settings affect only the appearance of the mask and have no effect on how underlying areas are protected. For example, you might want to change these settings to make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image. 4 Click OK. Viewing layer clipping paths By default, the layer clipping path does not appear in the image. You can view and edit the path or temporarily turn off its effects. You can also change the display options for the mask. To turn off the layer clipping path temporarily: 1 Press Shift, and click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette. A red X appears over the layer clipping path thumbnail in the Layers palette, and the entire underlying layer appears without masking effects.