PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

134 Layers and Masks
• To select multiple layers together, use the same logic as used in selecting
objects such as text and shapes. From the Layers tab, use Ctrl-click or Shiftclick
to select non-adjacent or adjacent layers in the stack. Once selected,
multiple layers can be moved, linked, aligned, duplicated, grouped,
rearranged, hidden, merged and deleted. To select all layers, choose Select All
layers from the Layers menu, or for just linked layers, choose Select Linked
Layers.
• To create a new standard layer above the active layer, click the New
Layer button on the Layers tab. Dragging a file icon and dropping it onto the
current window also creates a new layer from the dragged image.
• Select New Layer Group to create a group in which you can store layers
which have some relationship to each other—some layers may only be related
to a specific photo feature such that any changes to those layers will be
restricted to the group’s scope only. This gives greater control to enable
changes to opacity, blend modes and hide/show layer settings for the group
rather than for individual layers.
• Create a New Adjustment Layer button to apply an image adjustment to
a layer (See Using adjustment layers on p. 138).
• The Add Layer Mask button adds a mask to the currently selected layer.
• The Add Layer Depth Map button creates a depth map for the selected
layer.
• The Add Layer Effects button creates a 2D or 3D effect on the layer.
Right-click to copy/paste, clear or hide effects.
• To remove one or more selected layers, click the Delete button on the
Layers tab (or choose Delete>Layers from the Layers menu). Hidden layers
can also be deleted without prior selection by using Delete>Hidden Layers.
(You can delete the Background layer, as long as it's not the only layer.)
• To make a layer's contents visible or invisible, click the Hide/Show Layer
button next to its name on the Layers tab. The icon switches between an open
and closed eye.