Layer mask levels, How to get to it?

Im watching a photoshop video, and he tells me to go into levels for the layer mask, but doesnt tell me how to do it. Any one know how?

Hello. make sure the layer mask is targeted (click on it if there is no corner outlines) then do CTRL+L for levels. Or Image>Adjustement>Levels.

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what kind of TA´s are in your role. Is it possible to integrate a "dummy" TA (without conflicting
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(CS3)
I have a raster layer that has some semi-transparent pixels. I'd like to make the layer itself fully opaque, and move the contents of its alpha channel into a layer mask. How would I go about doing this? (If possible, merging the alpha channel with what I have already placed into the layer mask.)
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It is hard to tell with out seeing what you have. But black is reveal and white is hide, with grays being the variance of the two. It would not reveal the mask, it would reveal the lower layers. I assume that what you meant, but I added it for new users reading this thread.

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Thanks, Scott! I'm not exactly sure how to use groups, but this is a good reason to figure it out.
I also figured out a kludgy way to do it. I make transparent the part of one layer that is blocking the transparency of the others. As long as I don't have a lot of layers do to that way, it works okay. It's a pain, though.
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How do I add a gradient to a layer mask to counteract a gradual change in tone from one end of a photo to the other?

I swear I must be going nutso. I have a photo taken with a rather extreme 10mm shift of a shift lens, which consequently has a gradual darkening toward the top of the photo. No problem, says I. I just added a layer mask, clicked on the gradient tool and drew a line (in the appropriate direction) with that tool. What I got was a transparent area at the black end (of the gradient applied to the mask) grading to the darker part of the image showing through at the other end (of the gradient.)
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Thanks, that's exactly what I've done.....now I'm at least certain I'm not going nutso . Specifically, I have image 2 stacked above image 1, with the mask for image 2 appearing on the same layer. However, when I apply the gradient, exactly as you have indicated, I do not get image 4. Instead I get image 2 showing through at the top where the mask is white, and then a gradual fade over the black part of the mask to the diamond pattern typical of transparent layer.
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Thanks, though. I'll mark this question answered and if I find something I set wrong, on purpose or accidentally, I'll pass it along.
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I can turn on the option to display thumbnails .. bit in only works for bitmapped stuff. None of my vector masks are shown at the size of their layer. (Note -- I have layer shaped by transparency set to off -- meaning the layer is shaped by the vector mask and not any content. This is confirmable by turning on the option to show layer bounds).
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around the 1000x1000 layer you just created.
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This question has been plaguing me for years and I thought I'd come and finally scratch that itch once and for all.
See this image? http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/072/7/0/Grunge_Texture_by_skeelar_stock.jpg
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