Creating Clipping Groups - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

CHAPTER 8
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Using Layers
To lock all properties including blending mode,
opacity, and layer style, for layers or layer sets:
Select the layer or layer set, and select Lock ( ) in
the Layers palette to automatically lock all
properties for layers or layer sets.
When Lock is selected, the dimmed lock icon ( )
displays next to all of the layers in a layer set except
for layers that have their own individual lock
options set.
You can also use the commands in the Layer menu
and Layers palette menu to lock all properties.
To partially lock a layer or layer set:
Select a layer and in the Layers palette, select one or
more desired lock options:
Transparency ( ) to prevent editing of trans-
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parent pixels. This option is equivalent to Preserve
Transparency in earlier versions of Photoshop.
Image ( ) to prevent the painting tools from
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modifying the image, but not any mask that might
be applied to the layer. This option also prevents
moving the image.
Position ( ) to disable the move tool.
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You can also use the commands in the Layer menu
and Layers palette menu to set Lock options.
To lock all properties for linked layers including
blending modes, opacity, and layer style:
Select a linked layer, and select Lock ( ) in the
Layers palette to automatically lock all properties.
You can also use the commands in the Layer menu
and Layers palette menu to lock linked layers.
To partially lock linked layers:
Select a linked layer, and do one of the following
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to lock selected properties:
Choose Layers > Lock All Linked Layers,
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or choose Lock All Linked Layers from the Layers
palette menu, and in the Lock All Link Layers
dialog box, set the following Lock options:
Transparency ( ) to prevent editing of trans-
•
parent pixels.
Image ( ) to prevent the painting tools from
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modifying the image, but not any mask that might
be applied to the layer. This option also prevents
moving the image.
Position ( ) to disable the move tool.
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To confine editing to the opaque portions of a layer:
Select the layer, a linked layer, or layer set in the
Layers palette and select Lock Transparency ( ) in
the Layers palette.
You can also use the commands in the Layer menu
and Layers palette menu to lock transparency.
Note: For type layers, Lock Transparency and Lock
Image is selected by default and cannot be turned off.

Creating clipping groups

In a clipping group, the bottommost layer,
or base layer, acts as a mask for the entire group.
For example, you might have a shape on one layer,
a texture on the overlying layer, and some text on
the topmost layer. If you define all three layers as a
clipping group, the texture and the text appear
only through the shape on the base layer, and take
on the opacity of the base layer.