Dis-associate or associate a mask with an image layer
 
 
 

Select the image layer in the Canvas Layer Editor. Click the chain link or empty box icon for the mask layer you want to dis-associate/associate.

The Canvas Layer Editor shows the different types of layers on the current canvas. Image layers and Mask layers are displayed separately inside a split window. This allows you to associate one or more mask layers with any image layer, and re-use the same mask layers for different image layers.

To dis-associate a mask from an image layer

  1. Select the image layer in the Canvas Layer Editor.
  2. Click the icon for the mask layer you want to dis-associate from that image layer.

    The icon becomes an empty box icon .

To associate a mask with an image layer

  1. Select the image layer in the Canvas Layer Editor.
  2. Click the icon for the mask layer you want to associate to that image layer.

    The icon becomes a chain link icon mask link.

To see the relationships between image and mask layers

To (temporarily) disable a mask while keeping its associations

  1. Select the image layer in the Canvas Layer Editor.

    All associated mask names are highlighted in lavender.

  2. Click the icon for the mask layer you want to disable.

    The mask is disabled, that is it no longer affects the image layer, but it remains linked to it.

  3. Click the icon again to re-enable the mask.

To hide all masks associated with an image layer

  1. Select the image layer to make it active.

    All associated mask names are highlighted in lavender.

  2. Click the icon in the separator bar between image and mask layer sections.

    The masks become invisible, but are still enabled.

  3. Click the icon again to make the masks visible.

To (temporarily) disable all masks associated with an image layer

  1. Select the image layer to make it active.

    All associated mask names are highlighted in lavender.

  2. Click the icon in the separator bar between image and mask layer sections.

    The masks are disabled, that is they no longer affect the image layer they are linked to.

  3. Click the icon again to re-enable the masks.