Adobe 65045315 - Photoshop Elements Use Manual page 81

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 10
Using layers
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"Understanding layers" on page 62
"About blending modes" on page 227
"About painting tools" on page 226
Specify the opacity of a layer
In the Edit workspace, select the layer in the Layers panel.
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2 In the Layers panel, enter a value between 0 and 100 for Opacity, or click the arrow at the right of the Opacity box
and drag the Opacity slider that appears.
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"Understanding layers" on page 62
Specify a blending mode for a layer
1 In the Edit workspace, select the layer in the Layers panel.
Choose an option from the Blending Mode menu.
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(Windows) Immediately after you choose a blending mode, you can press the up or down arrows on your keyboard to
try other blending mode options in the menu.
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"Understanding layers" on page 62
"About blending modes" on page 227
Select all opaque areas in a layer
You can quickly select all the opaque areas in a layer. This procedure is useful when you want to exclude transparent
areas from a selection.
1 In the Layers panel, Ctrl-click (Command-click in Mac OS) the layer thumbnail:
To add the pixels to an existing selection, press Ctrl+Shift (Command+Shift in Mac OS) and click the layer
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thumbnail in the Layers panel.
To remove the pixels from an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt (Command+Option in Mac OS) and click the layer
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thumbnail in the Layers panel.
4 To load the intersection of the pixels and an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Command+Option+Shift in
Mac OS) and click the layer thumbnail in the Layers panel.
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"Understanding layers" on page 62
"About selections" on page 93
Last updated 1/2/2012
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