Working with layers

Let's open the Los Chickens layered CS file and you'll see that we've got the …art broken down into these top level layers. …We've still got the barn in groups. Alright well we want to do some more with …this art. Let's put a background in there. …Now even though I don't have a layer selected, you don't see one highlighted …in blue right? Well, it actually is selected. …Look right there, see the little triangle, that microscopic corner notch? …That's telling us that whatever we do now is going to apply to that layer.…

You know, I never stress this because let's say that I take my rectangle tool …and I draw a frame. Okay, yes, it went on that layer. …I'ts not the end of the world. I can take that green dot there that …shows that I've got that selected, and I can move it to its own layer. …Grab that layer, move it below, and there's the background. …Well, I don't really care for that color, so let's go to the swatches panel. …And I'm gonna go to the library, and I'll choose maybe some gradients here.…