To Create A Clipping Mask; To Duplicate A Clipping Mask To Another Layer; To Remove A Layer From A Clipping Mask; To Release All Layers In A Clipping Mask - Adobe PHOTOSHOP CS2 User Manual

Clipping mask with Potatoes and Logo layers
You can use multiple layers in a clipping mask, but they must be successive layers. The name of the base layer in the
mask is underlined, and the thumbnails for the overlying layers are indented. The overlying layers display a clipping
mask icon .
The Blend Clipped Layers As Group option in the Layer Style dialog box determines whether the blending mode of
the base affects the whole group or just the base. (See "Grouping blend effects" on page 412.)

To create a clipping mask

1 Arrange the layers in the Layers palette so that the base layer with the mask is below the layers that you want to
mask.
2 Do one of the following:
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), position the pointer over the line dividing two layers in the Layers
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palette (the pointer changes to two overlapping circles
• Select a layer in the Layers palette, and choose Layer > Create Clipping Mask.
The clipping mask is assigned the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost layer in the group.

To duplicate a clipping mask to another layer

Select the clipping mask.
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Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the mask and drag it to the destination layer. Make sure the desti­
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nation layer is highlighted before you release the mouse button; otherwise, the layer won't receive the mask properly.

To remove a layer from a clipping mask

Do one of the following:
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), position the pointer over the line separating two grouped layers
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in the Layers palette (the pointer changes to two overlapping circles
• In the Layers palette, select a layer in the clipping mask, and choose Layer > Release Clipping Mask. This
command removes the selected layer and any layers above it from the clipping mask.

To release all layers in a clipping mask

In the Layers palette, select the base layer in the clipping mask.
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Choose Layer > Release Clipping Mask.
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), and click.
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