Operation Manual

194 Working with Pictures
5. Using the circular cursor, paint the regions to be masked (selected
areas are painted in green; protected areas in red).
If you've not been as accurate as you'd like while painting, click
Remove Regions then paint over the unwanted painted regions.
6. Click to save your mask changes, or to cancel.
The mask button changes to yellow when a mask is applied (i.e., ).
You can create additional masks for the same filter, as above, and then choose
between them. You can only apply one mask at any one time. By using the Mask
menu's New From> option you can also base your new mask on an existing
mask, which may be applied to the current filter or to any other filter in the
stack. This is useful when working with Favourites filters that contain multiple
adjustments.
To edit a mask:
• Expand the drop-down Mask menu and select the mask you want
to edit. Click Edit Mask.
Saving favourites
You can save specific filter settings,
or combinations of filters, as
favourites for future use.
PhotoLab stores all your favourites
together in the Favourites tab. You
can even create your own categories
(e.g. My Adjustments) within the
tab.