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to indicate its new status as member of the new clipping group. The Lagoon image now shows
through the text, as shown in Figure 1.27.

TIP On your own, try to rearrange the clipping group so that the Sky layer shows through the text on
a Lagoon background.
5. Close the file without saving.

6. Open the file Knockout.psd from the CD (see Figure 1.28). There are three layers: Background
(Lagoon image), Brush Strokes, and Get Away (rasterized text). We will use the Get Away layer
to knock out the Brush Strokes layer and show through to the Background layer underneath.

Figure 1.27
Creating a clipping group

Figure 1.28
The knockout image