Creating/Using Temporary Masks
Posted: August 15th, 2014, 12:39 pm
Hello All,
Sometimes when I've been using a piece of software off-and-on for many years and something happens that I don't expect (or don't think it always worked that way) I feel a little foolish asking, but...
When I build a mask that I wish to use only on a temporary basis for use with a transformation, after applying the transformation why can't I move on with other masking tasks? I seem to be caught in this circle whereby I can't use the Mask window to build another mask, nor can I close/cancel/etc the Mask window, nor can I close the image window containing the prior mask. When I try to close the Mask dialog, I get a message that I can't do that because it's involved with an active window, yet when I try to close said window I get a message informing me that the mask dialog is using it. Hmm... Basically, here's what I want to do:
1. Build temporary mask for Transformation use.
2. Apply one or more Transformation(s) which, of course, will create one or more new image windows.
3. With the Mask dialog still open, build a new temporary mask for further image adjustments.
Can I do this without creating actual mask image windows? How do I dismiss the previous mask? I think it has something to do with the history states?
Thank you for any help provided.
Sometimes when I've been using a piece of software off-and-on for many years and something happens that I don't expect (or don't think it always worked that way) I feel a little foolish asking, but...
When I build a mask that I wish to use only on a temporary basis for use with a transformation, after applying the transformation why can't I move on with other masking tasks? I seem to be caught in this circle whereby I can't use the Mask window to build another mask, nor can I close/cancel/etc the Mask window, nor can I close the image window containing the prior mask. When I try to close the Mask dialog, I get a message that I can't do that because it's involved with an active window, yet when I try to close said window I get a message informing me that the mask dialog is using it. Hmm... Basically, here's what I want to do:
1. Build temporary mask for Transformation use.
2. Apply one or more Transformation(s) which, of course, will create one or more new image windows.
3. With the Mask dialog still open, build a new temporary mask for further image adjustments.
Can I do this without creating actual mask image windows? How do I dismiss the previous mask? I think it has something to do with the history states?
Thank you for any help provided.