Pasting into layer mask?

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Andrew Morton
May 25, 2004
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I would like to be able to paste directly into a layer mask to replace the content of the layer mask but selecting the layer mask and pasting produces another (ordinary) layer. My current workaround is to delete the layer mask and recreate it via an alpha channel, which is a bit untidy. Is this something which can’t be done in a simple step?

Andrew
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nomail
May 25, 2004
Andrew Morton wrote:

I would like to be able to paste directly into a layer mask to replace the content of the layer mask but selecting the layer mask and pasting produces another (ordinary) layer. My current workaround is to delete the layer mask and recreate it via an alpha channel, which is a bit untidy. Is this something which can’t be done in a simple step?

Option-click (for Mac, on a PC it’s Alt-click) on the mask icon. That will select the mask only an give you a chance to copy something into the mask.

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Andrew Morton
May 25, 2004
Option-click (for Mac, on a PC it’s Alt-click) on the mask icon. That will select the mask only an give you a chance to copy something into the mask.

Thank you. Now you’ve told me, I can find it in the help; maybe I was thinking of "Replace layer mask" instead of "Edit layer mask".

Andrew

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