Can I knock out Multiple Layers using Black Shape?

#1

I Only have Photoshop CS. I now time to upgrade. What I want to know is there some way to paint a black shape on a layer, then have this shape “knock” out all of the layers below it so everything beneath the black shape is now transparent?

#2

If you want to mask more than one layer, you’d have to group the layers you want to mask and assign a mask layer to this group. But I’m quite sure this was not available in CS, I think it was introduced with CS1 or 2.

#3

Thanks pokoy.

#4

I forget what it’s called but the bit where you hold alt down and click between two layers should do the job.

#5

Gruhn is correct - however, it works exactly the other way than you would expect.

To describe the process by text is rather tedious, so here’s a link to a stupid wink-based video tutorial I made a long time ago for a basic PH class of mine:

http://uploading.com/files/55ed48f1/clipping%2Bmask%2B%26%2Beffects.zip/

Unzip and start the html file.

Obviously, the same clipping effect could be made using layer and vector masks as well.

#6

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