Transparency and masks???

how do i erase lower layers seen through the transparent areas of an upper layer - i only want to mask or hide or erase the areas of a lower layer seen through the transparent areas of an upper layer. sorry if this is easy - i'm a bit of a newbie. thanks!

Howdy.
Try this:
Click on the horse with the Magic Wand Tool to select it. Contiguous should be unchecked in the options bar. Add a layer below and fill it with red. (It will make sense later.)
Now select Layer 1 and and a vector mask by clicking on the highlighted button. The mask is added and the Layer Mask Thumbnail is selected. Everything but the horse is masked, and you can see the red showing through. We need to remove the top left part of the mask.
Leave the mask thumbnail selected in the Layers Palette. (White is transparent. Black is opaque.) Again with the Magic Wand Tool, this time set to Contiguous, click on the top left corner to select it.
Now fill the selection with white (transparency). Below you can see the change in the Layer Mask Thumbnail. And we can now see the background design except on the interior of the horse, where the red layer shows through.
Now dispose of the red layer.
FWIW.
Peace,
Lee

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