Hiding Portions Of A Layer - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

To load contours from the Contour Editor dialog box:
Click the contour in the Layer Style dialog box,
and in the Contour Editor dialog box, choose
Load. Go to the folder where the contour library
you want to load is located and click Open.
To delete a contour in the Contour Editor dialog box:
Click the inverted arrow ( ) next to the currently
selected contour to view the pop-up palette. Press
Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), and click the
contour you want to delete.

Hiding portions of a layer

You can create a layer mask to control how
different areas within a layer or layer set are hidden
and revealed. By making changes to the layer
mask, you can apply a variety of special effects to
the layer without actually affecting the pixels on
that layer. You can then apply the mask and make
the changes permanent or remove the mask
without applying the changes. You can save all
layer masks with a layered document.
Another way to control how areas of a layer are
revealed or hidden is to use a layer clipping path,
which creates a sharp-edged mask. You can use
both a layer mask and a layer clipping path on a
single layer or layer set. A layer mask is resolution-
dependent and is created with the painting or
selection tools; a layer clipping path is resolution-
independent and is created with the pen or
shape tools.
In the Layers palette, both the layer mask and layer
clipping path appear as an additional thumbnail to
the right of the layer thumbnail. For the layer
mask, this thumbnail represents the grayscale
(alpha) channel created when you add the layer
mask. (See "Storing masks in alpha channels" on
page 199.) The layer clipping path represents the
path that clips out the contents of the layer.
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A. Layer mask selected B. Layer mask link icon
C. Layer mask D. Layer clipping path
E. Layer clipping path link icon F. New Layer Mask
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