PS CS: moving masks from one layer to another

[fanta]

Hi,

what can be an appropriate way to take the mask from a layer, and

apply it (or its complement) to a different layer?

 

Right now I am doing:

 

- select the source mask in the layer palette, right click and "Set

selection to layer mask";

 

- select the destination layer in the layer palette, then Layer > Add

Layer Mask > Reveal Selection (or Hide Selection).

 

Given the masks I use are usually fathered/blurred on the edge to

give a smooth transition, I wonder if the above is an appropriate way

to proceeded: does it preserve the blurred edge of the mask? Also,

any short-cut?

 

Thanks.

[emre]

Just use Image>Apply Image: http://www.peimag.com/pdf/pei01/pei0701/tarantinopei0701.pdf

[lyle_waisman]

Click on the destination layer.

 

Drag the mask from the source layer to the 'Add layer mask' icon at the bottom of the layers pallete.

 

For a complement, select the mask you just added, Image>Adjustments>Invert.