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Questions about masks; in this context they are a way to control and manipulate the visibility of specific areas of an image. Ask anything related to using masks in graphic design software.

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How to apply gradient to mask in Photoshop?

Try Alt-clicking on the layer mask icon in the layers palette. You can then edit the mask directly and apply your gradient there. Not ideal, but it may be the easiest alternative workaround. …
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Save for Web with Layer Mask

Make sure you have it set to PNG-24, not PNG-8. Also confirm that the Transparency option is ticked and it should work fine.
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How do I copy a layer with a vector mask in Photoshop

The vector mask will stay with the layer when it is copied. If you want to duplicate it within the same document, just drag the layer onto the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers panel. …
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How can I mask out airplane propellers properly?

Uses the images own tonal information as a layer mask. … Result: I simply duplicated the image layer, made a brightness/contrast adjustment then pasted the inverted result into the original layer's layer mask. …
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How do I paste into a layer's mask in Photoshop?

Alt+click on the layermask icon in the layers palette, you can then edit it.
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Add a new layer to a set of button icons

Once selected, go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide Selection to hide the grey. Of course, if you had the train image as a transparent .png, you wouldn't have to worry about any of that. …
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