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Session 27 DTG102 Course Objectives

The document provides an overview of Photoshop layers, explaining their function as transparent sheets that allow for easy editing and manipulation of images. It details how to access the Layers panel, convert layers, duplicate layers, create new layers or groups, and manage layer visibility. Additionally, it covers the process of copying and pasting layers within and between documents.

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Session 27 DTG102 Course Objectives

The document provides an overview of Photoshop layers, explaining their function as transparent sheets that allow for easy editing and manipulation of images. It details how to access the Layers panel, convert layers, duplicate layers, create new layers or groups, and manage layer visibility. Additionally, it covers the process of copying and pasting layers within and between documents.

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Photoshop
LAYER BASIC
LAYERS
Photoshop layers are like transparent sheets stacked on top of each other. Each
layer can hold different parts of your picture or design. This allows you to edit or
move parts of your image without affecting the rest.
These layers are “stacked” on top of each other. This makes it easy for us to
edit our compositions. We can easily move individual layers, we can delete
them, we can transform them.
We can also turn the visibility of layers on and off. Without layers, it would be
much more difficult to create imaginative artwork and designs that we CAN
create with layers.

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PHOTOSHOP LAYERS PANEL

By default, the Layers panel


(sometimes called the Layers
Palette) sits in the lower right of the
screen in Photoshop, but you can
drag it to wherever you want on the
workspace.

If you can’t see the Layers panel on


your screen, you can open it by
choosing from the menu at the top of
the screen, Window > Layers, or
press F7 as a keyboard shortcut.

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A. Layers panel menu, B. Layer
filters; C. Layer group; D. Expand,
collapse layer effects; E. Layer
effects

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WORKING WITH LAYERS

Convert background and Photoshop layers

Follow these steps to convert the background layer into a regular layer:
1. Double-click Background in the Layers panel or navigate to Layer > New >
Layer From Background.
2. Set layer options. (See Create layers and groups.)
3. Select OK.
Follow these steps to convert a regular layer into the background layer:
4. Select the regular layer in the Layers panel.
5. Navigate to Layer > New > Background From Layer.
6. Any transparent pixels in the layer are converted to the background color
and the layer drops to the bottom of the layer stack.

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Duplicate Photoshop layers

You can duplicate layers within an image or


into another or a new image.
Duplicate a Photoshop layer or group within
an image:
1. Select a layer or group in the Layers
panel.
2. Do one of the following:
• Drag the layer or group to the Create a
New Layer button.
• Choose Duplicate Layer or Duplicate
Group from the Layers menu or the
Layers panel menu. Enter a name for the
layer or group and select OK.

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Create a new layer or group

1. Do one of the following:


• To create a new layer or group using default options, click the Create A
New Layer button or New Group button in the Layers panel.
• Choose Layer > New > Layer or choose Layer > New > Group.
• Choose New Layer or New Group from the Layers panel menu.
• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the Create A New Layer
button or New Group button in the Layers panel to display the New
Layer dialog box and set layer options.
• Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the Create A New
Layer button or New Group button in the Layers panel to add a layer
below the currently selected layer.

2. Set layer options, and click OK

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Show or hide a layer, group, or style
Showing or hiding layers, groups, or styles lets you isolate or view only certain
portions of your image for easy editing.
Do one of the following in the Layers panel:
• Click the eye icon next to a layer, group, or layer effect to hide its content in
the document window. Click in the column again to redisplay the content. To
view the eye icon for styles and effects, click the Reveal Effects In panel
icon.

• Choose Show Layers or Hide Layers from the Layers menu.


• Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) an eye icon to display only the
contents of that layer or group. Photoshop remembers the visibility states of
all layers before hiding them. If you don’t change the visibility of any other
layer, Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-clicking (Mac OS) the same eye icon
restores the original visibility settings.
• Drag through the eye column to change the visibility of multiple items in the
Layers panel.

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Copy/paste layers
You can now copy and paste layers in Photoshop—inside a document and
between documents. Depending on your color management settings and the
color profile associated with the file (or imported data), Photoshop may prompt
you for directions to handle color information in the imported data.

Copy-paste commands
Copy: (Edit > Copy or Cmd/Ctrl+C) Copies the selected layers
Paste: (Edit > Paste or Cmd/Ctrl+V) Pastes the copied layers into the chosen
document in the center of that document. Pasting creates a duplicate layer,
including all bitmap and vector masks, and layer effects.
Paste In Place: (Edit > Paste Special > Paste In Place or Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+V)
Pastes the copied layers into the targeted document in a position relative to its
position in the original document. For example, a layer containing content from
the bottom-right corner of a large document pastes into the new document in
the bottom-right corner. In all cases, Photoshop tries to keep at least some
piece of the pasted layers visible in the destination document, so that you can
reposition it as desired.

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