Operation Manual

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USING PHOTOSHOP
Layers
Last updated 12/5/2011
• In the options bar, select Auto Select, then choose Group from the drop-down menu, and click in the document on
the content you want to select. The top group containing pixels under the cursor is selected. If you click an
ungrouped layer, it becomes selected.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) in the image, and choose a layer from the context menu. The
context menu lists all the layers that contain pixels under the current pointer location.
Select a layer in a group
1 Click the group in the Layers panel.
2 Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon .
3 Click the individual layer in the group.
Group and link layers
Group and ungroup layers
1 Select multiple layers in the Layers panel.
2 Do one of the following:
• Choose Layer > Group Layers.
• Alt-drag (Windows) or Option-drag (Mac OS) layers to the folder icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to
group the layers.
3 To Ungroup the layers, select the group and choose Layer > Ungroup Layers.
Add layers to a group
❖ Do one of the following:
• Select the group in the Layers panel and click the Create a New Layer button .
• Drag a layer to the group folder.
• Drag a group folder into another group folder. The group and all of its layers move.
• Drag an existing group to the New Group button .
Link and unlink layers
You can link two or more layers or groups. Unlike multiple layers selected at the same time, linked layers retain their
relationship until you unlink them. You can move or apply transformations to linked layers.
1 Select the layers or groups in the Layers panel.
2 Click the link icon at the bottom of the Layers panel.
3 To unlink layers do one of the following:
• Select a linked layer, and click the link icon.
• To temporarily disable the linked layer, Shift-click the Link icon for the linked layer. A red X appears. Shift-click
the link icon to enable the link again.
• Select the linked layers and click the Link icon. To select all linked layers, select one of the layers and then choose
Layer
> Select Linked Layers.