Adobe 13101332 - Photoshop - Mac User Manual page 297

Adobe Photoshop Help
Using Help | Contents
To specify fill opacity for a layer:
Do one of the following:
(Photoshop) In the Layers palette, enter a value in the Fill Opacity text box or drag the
•
Fill Opacity pop-up slider.
(Photoshop) Double-click a layer thumbnail, choose Layer > Layer Style > Blending
•
Options, or choose Blending Options from the Layers palette menu. Enter a value in the
Fill Opacity text box.
Note: To view blending options for a text layer in Photoshop, choose Layer > Layer Style >
Blending Options, or choose Blending Options from the Layers palette menu.
(ImageReady) Choose Window > Layer Options/Style, and enter a value in the Fill
•
Opacity text box. If the Fill Opacity text box is not showing, choose Show Options
from the Layer Options palette menu or click the Show Options button
palette's tab.
Specifying knockout options
Knockout options let you specify which layers "punch through" to reveal content from
other layers. For example, you can use a text layer to knock out a color adjustment layer
and reveal a portion of the image using the original colors.
To create a knockout effect, you need to decide which layer will create the shape of the
knockout, which layers will be punched through, and which layer will be revealed. If you
want to reveal a layer other than the Background, you can place the layers you want to use
in a layer set or clipping group.
Africa text with shallow knockout to lion layer
To create a knockout:
1 Do one of the following in the Layers palette:
Place layer that will create the knockout above the layers that will be punched through,
•
and make the layer you want to reveal the Background. (Choose Layer > New >
Background from Layer to convert a regular layer to the Background.)
Place the layers you want to use in a layer set. The top layer in the set will punch
•
through to the bottom layer in the set or the Background. If you want to reveal the
Background, make sure the blending mode of the layer set is set to Pass Through
(the default).
Using Help | Contents
| Index
| Index
Using Layers
Back 297
on the
Back 297