Delete just the mask in AP?

[kat]

How do I delete just the mask without Rasterize?

[smadell]

click on the mask’s thumbnail so that only the mask layer is selected, then hit the Delete key.

ps - make sire nothing is selected when you hit delete, or AP will try to delete only what’s inside the marching ants, not the entire layer

[kat]

That worked. I have a terrible time with masks.

[smadell]

Glad you got it sorted out. Masks took me years to wrap my head around - just the concept was hard to figure out, let alone the implementation!

[kat]

Mostly it was getting my brush to delete easier. Most brushes require going over and over and over to delete on mask.

[HVDB Photography]

5 hours ago, kat said:

Most brushes require going over and over and over to delete on mask.

That depends on the type of brush and the settings for opacity,flow and hardness in the context toolbar.

[kat]

How do I select just the mask so I can see just the mask? In PSD I could shift, or opt the mask to show just the mask.

On the thumbnail I can see what speckles in the background. Select mask and painting over area gets me no where.

Kat

[Old Bruce]

Try using the Channels panel.

[walt.farrell]

13 hours ago, kat said:

How do I select just the mask so I can see just the mask? In PSD I could shift, or opt the mask to show just the mask.

On Windows, Alt+click on the mask thumbnail in the Layers panel. On Mac it might be Option+click.

[MEB]

On Mac is alt+click (over the thumbnail's mask) as well.

[kat]

Couldn't get it to composite with mask so I could work on mask and see image. So I applied mask and will deal with it that way. Tried channels, lost cause. Back to youtube for masking.

On the other hand using mixer brush and frequency sep work. And liquefy let me twirl mustache, so I'm making progress.
(guy is robber baron James Fisk)

Kat

[kat]

This is good. Maybe if I watch another 5x I'll have a sense of masking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUIJvbBaWjY

[Cecil]

9 hours ago, MEB said:

On Mac is alt+click (over the thumbnail's mask) as well.

On Mac Magic keyboard Option, no Alt key

[R C-R]

9 hours ago, Cecil said:

On Mac Magic keyboard Option, no Alt key

FWIW, Apple changed the keycap markings on their Magic keyboards (in 2017, I think) so it depends on the vintage of the keyboard. For example, my wife's 2015 iMac came with the model A1644 Magic Keyboard, the same one shown in this YouTube video. It it marked "option" in large letters along the bottom of the keycap, with "alt" in smaller letters above that.

Later models replaced "alt" with the ⌥ symbol.

[Cecil]

2 hours ago, R C-R said:

FWIW, Apple changed the keycap markings on their Magic keyboards (in 2017, I think) so it depends on the vintage of the keyboard. For example, my wife's 2015 iMac came with the model A1644 Magic Keyboard, the same one shown in this YouTube video. It it marked "option" in large letters along the bottom of the keycap, with "alt" in smaller letters above that.

Later models replaced "alt" with the ⌥ symbol.

All newer model Magic Keyboards Option and  ⌥ symbol.  I just wanted to clarifiy as some may be looking for the Alt key.