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486 16. Masks & Adjustment Layers

4. Type in your text. For this example, let's just type in the word
mask.
5. With the Text Layer selected, click the Text Settings tab above
the Preview.
6. For this type of effect, you'll want to use very broad fonts. In the
Caption Format pane, set the Font to Impact. Let's also set the
Case to Convert to Upper Case and let's pick a Size that fills a
large chunk of the preview. Something around 120 should do.
7. Set the Font to White. Remember, for a grayscale mask, light
reveals while dark conceals. The whiter the font is, the more the
underlying layer will come through the mask.
8. Next, click on the Layer Settings tab. In the Layer Type pane,
toggle on the Mask option and set the mask type to Grayscale.

Preview the slide and you'll see that your underlying image or video will fill
the word "Mask" that you added as your text layer.

To make the slide more interesting, try adding some motion effects to one
or both of the layers.

Also, try taking advantage of one of the unique attributes of Text Layers by
going back to the Text Settings tab and changing the attributes or the text
itself.