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12. In the Layers panel, click the Layer Mask
thumbnail to select it.
13. Activate the Brush tool by pressing B or by
choosing it from the Tools panel. Press D to
load the default colors of black and white.
14. Zoom in to better see your edges. You can
use the Zoom tool or the Navigator panel to
get a better look at your edges.
15. Paint with a soft-edged brush to refine the
mask. Paint with black to add to the mask
(to add transparency) or white to make an
area opaque.
If you add too much to the mask, press X to
toggle the mask colors and paint with the
opposite color you were just using.
16. Delete the solid color fill layer.
Disabling Layer Masks
The primary benefit of masks is their flexibility.
In the previous section you explored that flex-
ibility by adding and subtracting to a mask. This
flexibility can also be used to temporarily disable
a mask, which can be useful if you want to check
your progress or if you need to restore the origi-
nal image to use on another project.
1. Work w ith the Tower image from the previ- i-
ous exercise or open the file Ch07_Mask_
End.tif from the Chapter 7 folder.
2. Select the Layers panel so it is active.
3. Shift-click the Layer Mask thumbnail to
disable it. Alternately, you can Ctrl-click
(right-click) the mask's thumbnail to access
more options, such as deleting it and perma-
nently applying it.
4. To reena ble t he ma sk , Sh i f t - cl ick it s t hu mb -
nail again.
Shift-clicking a Layer Mask's
thumbnail will temporarily
disable the mask.
 
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