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I’m presently in Photoshop 7, but will shortly be using Photoshop CS.
I use layer masks often, and know that I can paint in them with black, white, or shades of grey to control what parts of the associated layer are applied to the overall image. What I want to do is use a totally different layer in the image to generate a special B/W image which I can them paste into the layer mask on another layer of that image. The B/W layer will then be either turned off or deleted, but I’ll be left with the special B/W layer mask in the layer it was pasted into.
I seem to recall reading that I can paste into a layer mask, but I don’t recall how, and I haven’t been able to find the path to do so.
Once I do establish the approach, I assume that I can paste from anywhere into a layer mask in a different image.
Can someone refresh me on how to do this.
Ron Hirsch
I use layer masks often, and know that I can paint in them with black, white, or shades of grey to control what parts of the associated layer are applied to the overall image. What I want to do is use a totally different layer in the image to generate a special B/W image which I can them paste into the layer mask on another layer of that image. The B/W layer will then be either turned off or deleted, but I’ll be left with the special B/W layer mask in the layer it was pasted into.
I seem to recall reading that I can paste into a layer mask, but I don’t recall how, and I haven’t been able to find the path to do so.
Once I do establish the approach, I assume that I can paste from anywhere into a layer mask in a different image.
Can someone refresh me on how to do this.
Ron Hirsch
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