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Changing Layer Properties Change Layer Properties Select the Layers panel.. Click the Layers Options button, and then click Layer Properties.. Chapter 5 Working with Layers 123 Layer C

The Layer Properties dialog box gives you control over two very impor-tant characteristics of a layer: the layer's name and its identifying color For example, if you're working on a document with 20 layers and you're not naming the layers, after a while you'll lose track of each layer's contents When you name your layers, you have a visual identi-fier of the information contained within that specific layer (assuming you name the layer correctly) In addition, you can use the Colorize option to apply a color to a specific group of layers—coloring all the type layers red, for example Layer properties may not seem that impor-tant, but they go a long way towards helping you organize a complex, multi-layered document

Changing Layer

Properties

Change Layer Properties

Select the Layers panel.

Click the Layers Options button,

and then click Layer Properties.

TIMESAVER Hold down the Alt

(Win) or Option (Mac) key and

double-click a layer name to open

Layer Properties

Change the name of the layer

Click the Color list arrow, and then

click a layer color

Click OK.

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Layer Comps are an image or snapshot of the current state of the Layers panel When you create a Layer Comp, you're recording layer visibility, a layer's position within the document, and any layer styles applied to the image Making changes to the layers in your document and then updating the Layer Comps panel creates a new Layer Comp

Any time you want to view a particular Layer Comp, just select it from the Layer Comps panel Layer Comps create different versions of your document and saves them all in one file, giving you different creative options for the same document In addition, they give you the option of printing the same document with different variations, by choosing dif-ferent Layer Comps during printing

Working with the

Layer Comps Panel

Work with the Layer

Comps Panel

Open a document

Click the Window menu, and then

click Layer Comps to open the

Layer Comps panel

Click the Create New Layer Comp

button to create a snapshot of the

current state of the image

Select check boxes to adjust a

layer's visibility, position, or

appearance (layer style)

Click OK.

Click the Create New Layer Comp

button to create another snapshot

of the current state of the image

Repeat steps 4 and 5 to create as

many layer comps as you need

Click the left and right arrows to

cycle through the current layer

comps

Click the Update Layer Comp

button to update the selected layer

comp to the current state of the

image

Click the Layer Comp icon to

change the active image to the

selected layer comp state

To remove a layer comp, click the

Delete Layer Comp button.

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Photoshop gives you the option of exporting and saving layers as indi-vidual files using a variety of formats including PSD, BMP, JPEG, PDF, Targa, TIFF, and PNG When exporting layers to files, one format is applied to all exported layers The Export Layers to Files script com-mand gives you the ability to create individual files from the individual layers and select options specific to the file format you want

Exporting Layers

as Files

Export Layers to Files

Open a document

Click the File menu, point to

Scripts, and then click Export

Layers to Files.

To specify a destination for the

files, click Browse, and then select

a folder location

Enter the name you want at the

beginning of the files

To export only visible layers, click

the Visible Layers Only check box.

Click the File Type list arrow, and

then select an output option: PSD,

BMP, JPEG, PDF, Targa, TIFF,

PNG-8, or PNG-24

To embed a color profile, select

the Include ICC Profile check box.

Specify the options you want that

relate to the selected file format

Click Run.

Upon completion, click OK.

The files are named with the prefix

you specified and numbered in

sequential order

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Photoshop doesn't have a lot of options for controlling the Layers panel itself; in fact, there is only one—changing the size of the layer thumb-nail and how it fits within the thumbthumb-nail box You can choose to view the layer thumbnail in a small, medium, or large size, or you can select

to have no thumbnail shown at all When you change the size of the thumbnail, you're instructing Photoshop to spend either more, or less, processing time on the display of the image The larger the thumbnail, the easier it is to see, but the longer it takes for Photoshop to draw the image in the Layers panel If you're experiencing performance issues with Photoshop, and you're using the large thumbnail size option, you might consider choosing a smaller thumbnail size

Setting Layers Panel

Options

Set Layers Panel Options

Select the Layers panel.

Click the Layers Options button,

and then click Panel Options.

Click a thumbnail size or the None

option

Click the Layer Bounds or Entire

Document option.

Select the options you want:

◆ Use Default Masks on Fill

Layers Select to automatically

insert a mask when creating a

new Adjustment layer

◆ Expand New Effects Select if

you would like to view Smart

Filters or Layer Styles in the

Layers panel You can also click

the triangle next to the Smart

Filter or Layer Style icon in the

Layers panel

◆ Add “copy” to Copied Layers

and Groups Select to add the

text “copy” to copied layers or

layer groups (New !)

Click OK.

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Photoshop gives you the ability to use Smart Guides to help align shapes, slices, and selections as you draw They appear automatically

as you draw a shape or create a selection or slice, and then disappear after the shape is drawn They enable you to visually align one object to another with a minimum of effort Smart Guides are automatically turned on by default

Using Smart Guides

Use Smart Guides

Open or create a multi-layered

document

Select a layer that contains an

object

Select the Move tool, and drag the

object

As you move the object, Smart

Guides appear to help you align

the objects

Release the mouse and the guides

disappear

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Smart Guide

Did You Know?

You can turn Smart Guides on and off

Click the View menu, point to Show,

and then click Smart Guides