Bonehead Newbie question

[christo]

I would like to find a tutorial, for the PhotoShop 7 impaired, that will explain masks in simple non techie speak, (preferably) what they do, and how to use them.

[cardmnal]

Hi christo, from one Oregonian to another I suggest starting here.

Vikki does a great job explaining how to use a layer mask to clean up a photo and the technique can be appled to many other projects.

[barry_uk]

Each time I view vickies page tut I can never see images? Come too that on here I never see the small smiles images either. Could this be a my screen rez?

Regards Barry

[cardmnal]

barry_uk, if you are behind a firewall that could be causing the problems. On the RP home page there is a link about the red x's and blue squares.