Paste As Mask

A quick and dirty way to cut an object and paste it as a mask onto another selected object. As captured below, two objects exist in this document – a Vector Path and an Bitmap Image. The objective is to mask the Bitmap layer to the shape of the Vector Path. To...

Vector Mask

First select the ‘Pen Tool (P)’ from the ‘Toolbar’. Then up on the ‘Options Bar’ choose the ‘Paths’ option. Then with the ‘Pen Tool’ still selected trace the area that you want to mask (ie. protect), in this...