Computer Graphics with Photoshop - Pasting to Layer Mask

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Pasting to Layer Mask

orljustin@aol.com

2005-10-18, 6:15 pm

Hey,

Why do I have so much trouble with this? Suppose I have an image that
I dupe the main layer, and then desaturate and levels the dupe. Now, I
want this to be the layer mask for an adjustment layer. But I can't
easily paste into the layer mask. I always have to do quick mask,
paste the dupe, come back out, fill with black into the layer mask.
There must be an easier way, right?

Thanks!

edjh

2005-10-18, 6:15 pm

orljustin@aol.com wrote:
> Hey,
>
> Why do I have so much trouble with this? Suppose I have an image that
> I dupe the main layer, and then desaturate and levels the dupe. Now, I
> want this to be the layer mask for an adjustment layer. But I can't
> easily paste into the layer mask. I always have to do quick mask,
> paste the dupe, come back out, fill with black into the layer mask.
> There must be an easier way, right?
>
> Thanks!
>

Turn it into a selection by Ctrl-clicking on it in the Channels and hit
the Layer Mask icon.

Or

Make a blank Layer Mask and paste into it in the Channels palette.

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tacit

2005-10-19, 6:15 pm

In article <1129660566.798365.250960@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
orljustin@aol.com wrote:

> Why do I have so much trouble with this? Suppose I have an image that
> I dupe the main layer, and then desaturate and levels the dupe. Now, I
> want this to be the layer mask for an adjustment layer. But I can't
> easily paste into the layer mask. I always have to do quick mask,
> paste the dupe, come back out, fill with black into the layer mask.
> There must be an easier way, right?

Yes.

Hold down the ALT (Mac: Option) key on your keyboard. While holding it
down, click on the layer mask icon in the Layers palette.

Your screen will change and you will be looking at the mask, not the
picture. Hit Paste.

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KatWoman

2005-10-20, 6:14 pm

"tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
news:tacitr-0F5817.10491719102005@news-server1.tampabay.rr.com...
> In article <1129660566.798365.250960@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
> orljustin@aol.com wrote:
>
>
> Yes.
>
> Hold down the ALT (Mac: Option) key on your keyboard. While holding it
> down, click on the layer mask icon in the Layers palette.
>
> Your screen will change and you will be looking at the mask, not the
> picture. Hit Paste.
>
> --
> Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink:
> all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

I am pretty sure I understand how to use a picture pasted as the mask but
what circumstances would I use this?

tacit

2005-10-20, 10:14 pm

In article <n3R5f.38995$Lp.30221@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
"KatWoman" <JolieXPrincessXKatanaXXX@hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am pretty sure I understand how to use a picture pasted as the mask but
> what circumstances would I use this?

I've done this a few times, usually when the "picture" being pasted is a
luminosity mask or is a mask derived from another image. Using a
luminosity mask is sometimes necessary for things like creating a layer
with tonal corrections intended only for one specific tonal region in
the image; for example, you might apply a luminosity mask to, say, a
Curves adjustment layer.

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KatWoman

2005-10-22, 6:15 pm

"tacit" <tacitr@aol.com> wrote in message
news:tacitr-85552E.21253920102005@news-server2.tampabay.rr.com...
> In article <n3R5f.38995$Lp.30221@bignews5.bellsouth.net>,
> "KatWoman" <JolieXPrincessXKatanaXXX@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I've done this a few times, usually when the "picture" being pasted is a
> luminosity mask or is a mask derived from another image. Using a
> luminosity mask is sometimes necessary for things like creating a layer
> with tonal corrections intended only for one specific tonal region in
> the image; for example, you might apply a luminosity mask to, say, a
> Curves adjustment layer.

need to do some experiments with that