Re: mask tutorial

[Elwin Estle <chrysalis_reborn@xxxxxxxxx>]

Masks give you a lot of control over things, plus, until you apply them, they are non
destructive.

Here is one tutorial on them :

http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/Shadows-And-Glows-3-d-Effects-4624-1.html

And another :

http://www.gimptalk.com/forum/topic/The-Layer-mask-Rendering-Method-18687-1.html

They are also very handy for doing effects in GAP.


--- Helen <etters.h@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I'm trying to learn about layer masks.
> I'm probably missing something important, but seems to me
> that one can get the same result with less effort by simply
> erasing what one does not want in an image, and keeping
> what is left.
> Or is there something different achieved by masking?
> Thanks,
> Helen, using Gimp 2.2.10 on SuSE
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