Specifying Layer Properties - Adobe PHOTOSHOP 6.0 Manual

Note that only successive layers can be included
in a clipping group. The name of the base layer in
the group is underlined, and the thumbnails for
the overlying layers are indented. Additionally,
the overlying layers display a clipping group icon.
The Blend Clipped Layers As Group option in the
Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop) or the Layer
Options palette (ImageReady) determines
whether the blending mode of the base affects the
whole group or just the base.
Clipping group with Layer 1 and lion layers
To create a clipping group:
Do one of the following:
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Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
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position the pointer over the line dividing two
layers in the Layers palette (the pointer changes to
two overlapping circles ( )), and click.
Select a layer in the Layers palette, and choose
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Layer > Group with Previous.
Link together the desired layers in the Layers
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palette. (See "Linking layers" on page 209.)
Then choose Layer > Group Linked.
The clipping group is assigned the opacity and
mode attributes of the bottommost layer in
the group.
To remove a layer from a clipping group:
Do one of the following:
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS),
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position the pointer over the line separating two
grouped layers in the Layers palette (the pointer
changes to two overlapping circles ( )), and click.
In the Layers palette, select a layer in the clipping
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group, and choose Layer > Ungroup. This
command removes the selected layer and any
layers above it from the clipping group.
To ungroup all layers in a clipping group:
1 In the Layers palette, select the base layer in the
clipping group.
2 Choose Layer > Ungroup.

Specifying layer properties

The Layer Properties dialog box (Photoshop) and
the Layer Options dialog box (ImageReady)
provide options for changing a layer or layer set's
name and its color code in the palette.
In ImageReady, you can also set some of the same
options in the Layer Options palette. To show the
Layer Options palette, choose Window > Show
Layer Options/Styles, or click the Layer Options
palette tab.
To choose properties for a layer or layer set:
Do one of the following:
1
(Photoshop) Alt-double-click (Windows) or
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Option-double-click (Mac OS) the layer name.
(ImageReady) Double-click the layer.
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