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in a tutorial in PSCS6, I am told to "make a mask for the layer and then copy the layer into its own mask" I am given the key combo  "opt+click", apparently to copy this layer into its own mask. This does nothing and I am lost.
 
I use iMac i7 and lion 10.7.5

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