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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,PROF VAUGHN: Okay, and this video is at\Nusing a gradient as a transparency mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we think of layer masks as revealing or\Nconcealing using black or white paint,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a range of grays.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can use a gradient that is set from\Nblack to white to create a really subtle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,blend inside of a layer mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This gives you a lot of blending\Nopportunity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So let's do a really obvious example\Nfirst, I have a colour photograph open,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just gonna do a layer adjustment,\Nadjustment layer, I'll do it black and
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white so you can have a quick view of how\Nthis might work.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So of course we know our adjustment\Nlayers come with gradients.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the effect, this is the- I'm\Nsorry, they come with a layer mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the layer mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if we wanted to use a gradient to\Nblend in the layer mask as a method of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transparency blending, you could still\Nuse that gradient tool.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When you look at your gradients, you're\Ngonna pick the black and white
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,version here.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is black and white.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whether or not you reverse it is up to you,\Nremember the way a gradient in a mask
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with black and white will work;\Nblack is going to reveal,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,white is going to conceal.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's just do, um, let's do a radial\Ngradient to see what this might look like.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm gonna click and drag, now remember\NI've made sure I'm on the layer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mask thumbnail.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is isolated, it's a pretty small\Ngradient, let's make it a little bit bigger.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's pretty soft, but you can see I've\Ngot black and white now here in the middle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,radiating out in my layer mask.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you wanted to do a really weird, kind\Nof, small spot, you could.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's look at a linear gradient, now\NI've sort of moved from black and white,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shifted it slowly into colour, because again\Nthe black and white in the layer mask is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,revealing of concealing, so the white in\Nthis case is showing what's underneath.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that is a a adjustment layer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we were thinking about using these, um,\Nto perhaps make some actual editing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adjustments, we could think about not\Nusing them for creative purpose, but for
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,perhaps fixing an exposure issue.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in this particular image, the land is\Nwell exposed, it has good contrast, but
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sky, because the sun is probably over\Nhere somewhere, is a little too bright.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a little bit blown out, we're losing\Nout