ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9

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USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Using layers 74 2 To confine the effects of the fill layer to a selected area, make a selection. 3 Do one of the following: • Click the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel, and choose the fill type you want to create. (The first three options listed in the panel are fill layers, the others are adjustment layers.) • Choose Layer > New Fill Layer > [fill type]. In the New Layer dialog box that appears, click OK. Solid Color Creates a layer filled with a solid color chosen from the Color Picker. Gradient Creates a layer filled with a gradient. You can choose a predefined gradient from the Gradient menu. To edit the gradient in the Gradient Editor, click the color gradient. You can drag within the image window to move the center of the gradient. You can also specify the shape of the gradient (Style) and the angle at which it is applied (Angle). Select Reverse to flip its orientation, Dither to reduce banding, and Align With Layer to use the layer’s bounding box to calculate the gradient fill. Pattern Creates a layer filled with a pattern. Click the pattern, and choose a pattern from the pop-up panel. You can scale the pattern and choose Snap To Origin to position the origin of the pattern with that of the document window. To specify that the pattern moves with the Fill layer as it is relocated, select Link With Layer. When this option is selected, you can drag within the image to position the pattern while the Pattern Fill dialog box is open. To create a new preset pattern after editing pattern settings, click the New Preset button . Edit an adjustment or fill layer 1 In the Edit workspace, open the adjustment or fill options dialog box by doing one of the following: • Double-click the adjustment or fill layer’s leftmost thumbnail in the Layers panel. • Select the layer in the panel and choose Layer > Layer Content Options. 2 Make your changes, and click OK. Merging adjustment layers You can merge an adjustment or fill layer in several ways: with the layer below it, with other selected layers, with the layers in its own group, with the layers it’s linked to, and with all other visible layers. You cannot, however, use an adjustment layer or fill layer as the base or target layer for a merge. When you merge an adjustment layer or fill layer with the layer below it, the adjustments are simplified and permanently applied to the merged layer. The adjustment no longer affects other layers below the merged adjustment layer. You can also convert (simplify) a fill layer into an image layer without merging it. Adjustment layers and fill layers with masks (the layer’s rightmost thumbnail in the Layers panel) that contain only white values do not add significantly to the file size, so you don’t need to merge these adjustment layers to conserve file space. More Help topics “Merge layers” on page 67 “Simplify a layer” on page 63 Last updated 1/27/2011
USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 9 Using layers 75 Edit the layer masks A layer mask prevents sections of a layer, or an entire layer, from being visible. You use the mask to show or hide sections of an image or an effect. When the layer mask (right thumbnail) attached to an adjustment layer is completely white, the adjustment effect is applied to all underlying layers. If you don’t want to apply the effect to certain portions of the underlying layers, paint the corresponding area of the mask with black. When attached to a fill layer, the mask defines the filled-in area in the fill layer. Painting a mask with black increases the area protected. 1 In the Edit workspace, select the adjustment or fill layer in the Layers panel. 2 Select the Paintbrush tool, or any painting or editing tool. 3 Use the following methods to view the layer mask: • To view only the mask, Alt-click (Option-click in Mac OS) the layer mask’s thumbnail (the rightmost thumbnail). Alt-click (Option-click in Mac OS) the thumbnail again to redisplay the other layers. • To view the mask in a red masking color, hold down Alt+Shift (Option+Shift in Mac OS) and click the layer mask’s thumbnail (the rightmost thumbnail). Hold down Alt+Shift (Option+Shift in Mac OS) and click the thumbnail again to turn off the red display. • To constrain editing to part of the mask, select the corresponding pixels. 4 Edit the layer mask: • To remove areas of the adjustment effect or fill, paint the layer mask with black. • To add areas to the adjustment effect or fill, paint the layer mask with white. • To partially remove the adjustment effect or fill so that it shows in various levels of transparency, paint the layer mask with gray. (Single-click the foreground color swatch in the toolbox to choose a gray shade from the Swatches panel.) The extent to which the effect or fill is removed depends on the tones of gray you use to paint. Darker shades result in more transparency; lighter shades in more opacity. Shift-click the mask thumbnail (the layer’s rightmost thumbnail) in the Layers panel to turn off the mask; click the thumbnail again to turn on the mask. More Help topics “About selections” on page 89 Last updated 1/27/2011
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