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Working with layers

Working with layers

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Working with layers

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- Now if there's one stand out, game changing feature of Photoshop, it's Layers. And the Layers Panel is a place where you're going to spend a lot of your time. And if it's not open for you, just make sure you go up to the Window menu and select Layers, or use the keyboard command F7. Now the general concept behind Layers is that each Layer acts like a sheet of glass. Each Layer can have parts of your image on it. You can show and hide Layers by clicking on the eye icon to turn off particular Layers or click it again, to show the Layer again. If you'd like to solo a Layer, hold down the Option or Alt key on your keyboard and click on the eye icon and it'll turn off all of the other Layers. I'll turn all those back on by again holding down Option or Alt and clicking on the eye. You select a Layer to work on by clicking on it and it'll shift colors to let you know that this is the active Layer. You can change the order of Layers by dragging the Layer to a new position in the stack. If…

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