Black reveals - white conceals.

[Paul]

Black reveals, white conceals

 

[hawkeye]

You have it backwards.

 

[Paul]

Excuse me?

 

[hawkeye]

Excuse me?

In regards to layer masks the saying is... black conceals white reveals.

 

[Paul]

Black layer reveals?

 

[hawkeye]

Black layer reveals?

That's what you wrote originally. "Black reveals, white conceals"

That's why I said it was backwards.

 

[Paul]

Black foreground layer does reveal the layer underneath though? I use the paint brush to make my fades NOT the erasure. The erasure works the way you are saying?

 

[hawkeye]

If you are talking about revealing the layer beneath the masked layer then you could state it that way.

But typically it is stated to mean: On a mask you paint with black to conceal the masked layer contents and with white to reveal the masked layer contents.