CLIPPING MASK
CLIPPING MASK Locking transparency is the most basic way of working with a fixed alpha. Using CLIPPING MASKS is a way of using an older layers transparency without altering the new layer. - Using the file from the previous example, turn off all the locks. - Create a new layer and fill it with lots of colours. - Right-click on the layer in the layers palette and choose ‘ create clipping mask ’ or hold Alt and click on the line dividing the two layers or press Ctrl+Alt+G - Create a new layer, repeat step 2 and 3. The new layer conforms to the opacity of the first layer and not the second layer. This means you can make a layer and have many other layers (including adjustment layers) inherit its opacity. Now if you start blurring, distorting or erasing parts of the original layer, all the ...