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Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Studio Techniques
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Adobe® Photoshop® CS2 Studio Techniques

by Ben Willmore
August 2005
Beginner
592 pages
24h 40m
English
Adobe Press
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Removing a Layer Mask

If you know you will no longer need to edit a Layer Mask and would like to permanently delete the areas that are transparent, you can choose one of the options from the Layer > Remove Layer Mask menu (Figures 15.87 and 15.88). When you do this, you will be presented with two choices:

  • Apply: Removes the Layer Mask and deletes all transparent areas.

  • Discard: Removes the Layer Mask and brings the image back into full view.

Figure 15.87. Layers view of a simplified version of the “Dog & Cat” image shown at the beginning of this chapter. I removed over a dozen adjustment layers, all of which had Layer Masks attached to them.
Figure 15.88. Final “Dog & Cat” image. (original image courtesy of Robert Bowen Studio, Sony Electronics, ...
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