Quick question about clipping masks in photoshop: Is it possible

Turn down the opacity of the main layer, not the mask.

If you have, say 2 parts of a masked object that you want to be at different opacities, use 2 different layers.

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>>279310
Let's see if I have the terminology right.
The magenta layer would be the mask in this example, right? I want to be able to see everything except the magenta, and lowering the opacity of blue just... lowers the opacity of blue.

>>279314
Clipping masks use white and black to determine if the corresponding pixels on the main layer are visible or not.

Areas that are BLACK in the mask are INVISIBLE in the main layer.
Areas that are WHITE in the mask are VISIBLE in the main layer.

You can also utilize greyscale to make smooth transitions. Grey in the clipping mask means that the corresponding part in the main layer is half transparent. The darker the grey, the less opaque it is.

In other words:
Black = 0% opacity
Grey = 1-99% opacity depending on how dark/light the grey is
White = 100% opacity

>>279317
But I want the mask itself (the layer with the underlined name if I understand correctly) to be invisible, so that I don't have to completely cover it to not see it.

>>279317
>>279374

Oh, I just realized we're talking about two different things here. What I described to you are layer masks, sorry. I'm not experienced with clipping masks, but there's a ton of tutorials online. You should look at those.

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not 100% sure what you mean but hold shift and click the mask, that hides it