Masks in adjustment layers

[LenC]

A video tutorial says that new adjustment layers come with their own mask. I would like to be able to paint the mask while watching the composite image to reveal the adjustment where I want, but have not succeeded. How do I access the mask (or is it simpler just to add another?)? I can get a blank mask using R-click .. Edit adjustment, but what I see then is the mask, which I can paint, but not the composite image. If I R-click .. Refine mask the Refine selection window appears, and I can paint in red, but sometimes it processes (the red disappears, but what is happening?), and sometimes it seems to sit there until I click Apply. Can't seem to display the resulting mask, either.

[Callum]

Hi Lenc,

 

You need to select the Adjustment Layer from the layers tab by clicking it and then paint on it using the Paint brush tool :) Using black will remove the mask while using white will paint the mask back in. If you have applied your adjustment but don't see its layer in the layers tab then you may have clicked the merge button in the pop up Window that appears after selecting an Adjustment. Instead of clicking merge just click the x on the pop up window and it should show in the layers tab :)

 

C