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Preparing PSD files
When you're preparing pictures in Photoshop for use with Advanced Image Control,
you need to keep a few things in mind:
You do not need to save the image in another file format, which means that you don't
have to flatten the layers.
Create alpha channels or clipping paths for any contours that you might want to wrap
text around.
Create channels for areas where you might want to apply a different spot color or
varnish.
Advanced Image Control cannot read layer information for certain images including
those that use layer effects. The composite image is used instead.
Advanced Image Control supports PSD files in grayscale, RGB, CMYK, index, Duotone
and multichannel modes.
Working with PSD layers
Experimenting with layers allows you to see different images within the context of
the entire layout. In addition, you can modify the opacity of a layer and try different
blend modes such as dissolve, lighten, and difference to see how these effects
work with the rest of a design.
You can use the Layers pane of the Advanced Image Control palette to show, hide,
blend, and change the opacity of layers within PSD pictures. The Advanced Image
Control palette displays information about how the picture file was created, but does
not allow you to make fundamental changes to the picture file:
You cannot create, name, copy, duplicate, align, reposition, delete, or merge layers
using the Layers pane.
If there are no layers in the PSD file, the Advanced Image Control palette shows only
the background layer.
Blending PSD layers
The Blend Mode drop-down menu in the Layers pane lets you control how pixels in
a selected layer interact with pixels in all the layers below the selected layer. The blend
modes are similar to those in image-editing applications: They include options such
as Multiply, Color Dodge, Exclusion, and Saturation.
Showing and hiding Photoshop layers
You can view and print layers that are showing; hidden layers do not display on-screen
or in print. Advanced Image Control allows you to hide any layer, including the
background layer.
To show a layer, click the empty box icon to the left of the layer.
To show all layers, Option+Shift+click/Alt+Shift+click the empty box icon.
To hide a layer, click the eye icon .
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