Opposite of mask

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@John24516648yxqg wrote:

The letter e. How do I remove the background from the inside hollow space?

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When masking does the opposite, the typical thing to do is invert the mask (Cmd/Ctrl+I). Show a screenshot if this doesn't work for you.

For the sake of typography, the part of the letter that is completely enclosed has a name. It's called a "counter".

Jane

I'm presuming that you selected the inside of the e using a selection tool, and then clicked on the mask, thus hiding everything but the inside of the e. All you need to do different is, after making the selection, right-click on it and click "select inverse", and then click mask.

Hi, assuming the e is an image, and is on its own layer, you click in the hollow space, to get a selection, then either 1) hit delete to remove its contents destructively, or, preferably 2) ALT+ click on the layer mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel. you now have the selected area hidden, (without holding alt, you have the selected area showing and the rest hidden. In this case, check that the layer mask is targeted in the layers panel, just hit CTRL+I to invert its colors, so that the black areas of the mask hide the formerly selected area. )

See: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/making-selections.html

and https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/moving-copying-deleting-selected-pixels.html

Note that the JPEG format does not support transparency once you save it. In this case, prefer PNG for instance.

Cut it out manually😂

Could you please post a screenshot taken at View > 100% with the pertinent Panels (Toolbar, Layers, Channels, Options Bar, …) visible?