Join Justin Seeley for an in-depth discussion in this video Layer masking explained, part of GIMP Essential Training (2012).
Up until now during this chapter, we've been actually taking our selections, and turning…them into their own layers
Join Justin Seeley for an in-depth discussion in this video Layer masking explained, part of GIMP Essential Training (2012).
Up until now during this chapter, we've been actually taking our selections, and turning…them into their own layers in a very destructive manner.…However, now it's time to talk about how to utilize selections in a way that is very nondestructive,…and also very useful, by turning them into something called a layer mask.…But I understand that you might not understand exactly what a layer mask actually is,…so I'm going to spend a few moments talking about exactly what layer masking is, and what…it means to you and your workflow.…
As you can see here, I've got a picture of a dog, and the picture of the dog is actually…on a black background, but it's been masked out, so that you see the white background showing through.…If you look over in the Layers panel, you'll notice the picture of the dog, and also a black and white…sort of silhouette of the dog over on right-hand side of it.…That indicates that there is a layer mask applied to this layer, and anywhere that you…see black on that mask is currently hiding that portion of the layer; anywhere that you…
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