PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
PhotoPlus X6 User Guide - Serif
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Layers, Masks, and Blending 21<br />
• Text layers work like Shape layers, but are intended exclusively for<br />
text. (See Creating and editing text; p. 150.)<br />
• Fill layers contain an adjustable solid colour or gradient fill. (See Fill<br />
Layers; <strong>PhotoPlus</strong> Help.)<br />
• Adjustment layers apply corrective image adjustments to lower layers.<br />
(See Using adjustment layers; p. 38.)<br />
• Filter layers, are much like standard layers, but you can apply one or<br />
more filter effects to the layer without permanently altering layer<br />
content. You also have full control over effects in the future. (See<br />
Using filter layers; p. 58.)<br />
For now though we're concerned mainly with the Background and standard<br />
layers.<br />
A key distinction is that pixels on the Background layer are always opaque, while<br />
those on standard layers can vary in opacity (or transparency—another way of<br />
expressing the same property). That’s because standard layers have a "master"<br />
Opacity setting that you can change at any time (with on-screen real-time<br />
preview), while the Background layer does not. A couple of examples will show<br />
how this rule is applied in <strong>PhotoPlus</strong>:<br />
• Suppose you are creating a new image. The New Image dialog<br />
provides three choices for Background: White, Background Colour,<br />
and Transparent. If you pick White or Background Colour, the Layers<br />
tab shows a single layer in the new image named "Background". If you<br />
pick Transparent, however, the single layer is named "Layer 1"—and in<br />
this case, the image has no Background layer.<br />
• If you cut, delete, or move a selection on the Background layer, the<br />
"hole" that's left exposes the current background colour as shown on<br />
the Colour tab (illustrated below on the left). The same operations on<br />
a standard layer exposes a transparent hole (illustrated below on the<br />
right).