Mask smart filters – Adobe Photoshop CS3 User Manual

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Reorder Smart Filters

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In the Layers palette, drag a Smart Filter up or down in the list. You can’t reorder Smart Filters applied from the

Filter Gallery.

Photoshop applies Smart Filters from the bottom up.

Duplicate Smart Filters

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In the Layers palette, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the Smart Filter from one Smart Object to

another, or to a new location in the Smart Filters list.

Note: To duplicate all Smart Filters, Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) the Smart Filters icon that appears
next to the Smart Object layer.

Delete Smart Filters

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To delete an individual Smart Filter, drag it to the Delete icon at the bottom of the Layers palette.

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To delete all Smart Filters applied to a Smart Object layer, select the Smart Object layer and choose Layer > Smart
Filter > Clear Smart Filters.

Mask Smart Filters

When you apply a Smart Filter to a Smart Object, Photoshop displays an empty (white) mask thumbnail on the Smart
Filters line in the Layers palette under the Smart Object. By default, this mask shows the entire filter effect. (If you
made a selection before applying the Smart Filter, Photoshop displays the appropriate mask instead of an empty mask
on the Smart Filters line in the Layers palette.)

Use filter masks to selectively mask Smart Filters. When you mask Smart Filters, the masking applies to all Smart
Filters—you can’t mask individual Smart Filters.

Filter masks work much like layer masks, and you can use many of the same techniques with them. Like layer masks,
filter masks are stored as alpha channels in the Channels palette, and you can load their boundaries as a selection.

Like layer masks, you can paint on a filter mask. Areas of the filter that you paint in black are hidden; areas you paint
in white are visible; and areas you paint in shades of gray appear in various levels of transparency.

Note: By default, layer masks are linked to regular layers. When you move the layer mask or the layer using the Move
tool, they move as a unit. Masks applied to Smart Object layers, including filter masks, aren’t linked to layers. If you move
a filter mask or a layer using the Move tool, they do not move as one unit.

“Load a layer or layer mask’s boundaries as a selection” on page 322

Mask Smart Filter effects

Click the filter mask thumbnail in the Layers palette to make it active.

A border appears around the mask thumbnail.

Select any of the editing or painting tools.

Do one of the following:

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To hide portions of the filter, paint the mask with black.