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What does Lock Transparency do and why use it? Lock Transparency creates a mask that locks out the transparent portion of the layer. This means that when applying paint, it only covers areas containing pixels (paint).
Picture a car with no background image. Use to make the background see-through, instead of white and opaque. This makes it easier to combine layers and blend pixels with various levels of opacity.
In the example below, I only wanted to paint on the car. With Lock Transparency on, I could paint the car without having to worry about painting white areas, like the windows, as well.
In the Layer Editor, tap a layer to select it.
To lock its transparency, tap .
Now, layer transparency is locked.
In the Layer Editor, tap a layer to select it.
To unlock transparency, tap .
Now, layer transparency is unlocked.
At this point, if you paint on the current layer, only the areas with pixels will be changed. In the image above, the layer with the eye color was selected. Painting on this layer only applied color to that area.
When you use Lock Transparency on a layer with paint, only the painted portions are affected.