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Employing a clipping mask

Employing a clipping mask - Photoshop Tutorial

From the course: Photoshop CC 2017 One-on-One: Fundamentals

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Employing a clipping mask

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- [Instructor] In this movie, we'll employee what's known as a clipping mask, which allows you to clip one layer inside of another. Specifically, we'll be clipping an adjustment layer so that it affects just the crane layer rather than all layers below it. And the reason we're doing so is because we need to convert the crane into a silhouette. So, with that wing #1 layer selected, go to the layer menu, chose New Adjustment Layer, and then, once again, choose Brightness/Contrast. And I'll go ahead and name this guy Light Contrast, let's say. And then, you want to turn on this check box. Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask. That way, we're going to clip the new layer inside the wing layer so that only the wing layer is selected, and I'll show you the difference between clipping and not clipping, before this movie is out. But for now, just go ahead and turn on the check box and click Okay. And now, I'm going to go ahead and drag the brightness slider all the way up, but that's not…

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