DUPLICATING A LAYER MASK THE EASY WAY

PHOTOSHOP TIPS AND TRICKS: MONDAY

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Now this one is cool (or hot). In previous versions of Photoshop, duplicating a layer mask was kind of a pain in the neck. In CS2, you can just Alt/Option drag on the layer mask and drag a duplicate to another layer. Much like duplicating a layer in Photoshop CS2, dragging will produce the double arrowhead cursor to let you know you're duplicating it.