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16. Masks & Adjustment Layers

Creatively Controlling How Layers Appear

Some of the best and most interesting visual effects you can create in
ProShow come from the ability to turn normal layers into Masks or
Adjustment layers. Using these types of layers, you can control exactly how
much of your images and videos will be shown within a slide, as well as alter
how they look.

Masks and Adjustment Layers are similar in nature as they affect how your
content will appear within a slide, but creatively they are used for different
purposes.

Let's begin by taking a closer look at using Masks.

Masking and Producer

Masking is about controlling what is visible. When you work with masking
in Producer, and other software packages for that matter, you are
determining what can be seen and what can’t. Masks themselves can’t be
seen – only their effects. It’s important to remember that you are always
determining what can be seen when you create masks.
There are two kinds of masks in Producer that you can work with – grayscale
masks and transparency masks. Each controls which parts of your layers
you can see in slightly different ways, but both ultimately do the same thing
– change what you can see, and what you can’t. Keep that in mind as you
move through this chapter.