STEP 11: Release your mouse
button and Photoshop applies
the gradient to the adjustment
layer’s mask. To copy the mask
from one adjustment layer to
the other, Option-drag (PC:
Alt-drag) the mask itself to the
other adjustment layer in the
Layers panel. Click Yes when
Photoshop asks if you want to
replace the layer mask.
If you don’t like your first
attempt, drag to redo the gra-
dient and then copy the mask
to the other adjustment layer as
described above. In the Layers
panel, click the thumbnail of
each adjustment layer—not its
mask—and use the settings in
the Properties panel to produce
the color you want.BALAYAGE-STYLE
TRI-COLOR HAIR
Building on what you’ve learned
so far, you can produce multi-
color hair in a balayage style
(meaning hand-painted) by
using three Hue/Saturation
adjustment layers: one for each
color. By filling each adjustment
layer’s mask with black, you’ll
hide the color and then reveal
it by using a white brush (in
the realm of layer masks, black
conceals and white reveals).STEP 12: Click to activate one
of the adjustment layer’s masks
in the Layers panel and choose
Edit>Fill. From the Contents
drop-down menu, pick White,
and click OK. This empties the
mask, revealing the adjustment
atop all the hair. Option-drag
(PC: Alt-drag) the white mask
onto the other adjustment layer
so it’s white, too. Both masks
are circled in the Layers panel
shown here. BEGINNERS’ WORKSHOP
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