372 Corel PaintShop Pro X7 User Guide
An example of a selection used as a mask
You can also create a mask from a channel by first splitting an image
into its RGB, HSL, or CMYK channels. Corel PaintShop Pro creates a
grayscale image for each channel. You can use one of these channel
images to create a mask for the original image or for another image.
An example of the grayscale channel used as a mask
To create a mask layer
Edit workspace
1 On the Layers palette, choose the layer that you want to mask.
2 Choose Layers New Mask Layer, and choose one of the following
options:
• Show All — shows all underlying pixels
• Hide All — hides all underlying pixels
You can also
Display the mask on the image On the Layers palette, click the
Highlight mask area button .
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