520 Corel Painter X3 Getting Started Guide
The layer mask icon varies in appearance depending on how you’re viewing
the layers. If you are displaying layers as No Thumbnails, the icon is the
same as the Create Layer Mask button . If you’re viewing layers as any
size of thumbnail, a small-scale representation of the mask displays as the
icon.
You can also create a layer mask by choosing Layers Create Layer Mask.
To create a layer mask based on transparency
1 Select a layer.
2 Choose Layers Create Layer Mask From Transparency.
The layer mask icon displays next to the layer name in the Layers panel.
You can create layer masks based on transparency for pixel-based layers only.
Other layers must first be converted to default layers by clicking the Layer
options button in the Layers panel, and choosing Convert To Default
Layer.
Earlier versions of Corel Painter used layer visibility masks. If you have a file
with a modified visibility mask that was created with an earlier version of
Corel Painter, use this procedure to load the visibility mask to a layer mask.
To delete or clear a layer mask
• Perform an action from the following table.
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