ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9
Using layers
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More Help topics
“Understanding layers” on page 57
“Create and name a new blank layer” on page 60
Sample color from all visible layers
By default, when you work with certain tools, the color you apply is sampled only from the active layer. With this
default behavior, you can smudge or sample in a single layer even when other layers are visible, and you can sample
from one layer and paint in another one.
If you want to paint using sampled data from all visible layers, do the following:
1 In the Edit workspace, select the Magic Wand tool, Paint Bucket tool, Smudge tool, Blur tool, Sharpen tool, or Clone
Stamp tool.
2 In the options bar, select All Layers.
More Help topics
“Understanding layers” on page 57
“About painting tools” on page 218
Copying and arranging layers
Duplicate a layer within an image
You can duplicate any layer, including the Background layer, within an image.
❖ In the Edit workspace, select one or more layers in the Layers panel, and do one of the following to duplicate it:
• To duplicate and rename the layer, choose Layer > Duplicate Layer, or choose Duplicate Layer from the Layers
panel More menu. Name the duplicate layer, and click OK.
• To duplicate without naming, select the layer and drag it to the New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers
panel.
• Right-click the layer name or thumbnail, and choose Duplicate Layer.
More Help topics
“Understanding layers” on page 57
Duplicate one or more layers in another image
You can take any layer, including the Background layer, from one image and duplicate it in another. Keep in mind that
the pixel dimensions of the destination image determine how large the printed copy of the duplicated layer can be.
Also, if the pixel dimensions of the two images are not the same, the duplicated layer may appear smaller or larger than
you’d expect.
1 In the Edit workspace, open the source image. If you plan to copy a layer to an existing image rather than a new
one, open the destination image as well.
2 In the source document’s Layers panel, select the name of the layer or layers you want to duplicate. To select more
than one layer, hold down the Ctrl key (Command key in Mac OS) and click each layer’s name.
Last updated 1/27/2011