Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 269

Only visible layers are printed. Making layers
temporarily invisible can speed performance.
Note: You can make the active layer invisible.
Keep in mind, however, that changes still affect
the hidden, active layer.
Lion layer, and background hidden
To change the display of layer thumbnails:
1 Choose Palette Options from the Layers
palette menu.
2 Click a size or click None to turn off the thumb-
nails, and then click OK.
To change the transparency display:
1 Choose File > Preferences > Transparency &
Gamut. By default, the transparent areas of a
document appear as a checkerboard pattern.
2 For Grid Size, select a new size for the pattern. If
you choose None, transparent areas in the layer
appear white.
3 For Grid Colors, select an option:
Light, Medium, or Dark to specify a gray
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pattern.
Any other color from the list to display the
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checkerboard in that color.
Custom to choose a color that does not appear in
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the list. Then click either of the color selection
boxes to specify a custom color.
Click OK.
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Changing the stacking order of layers
The stacking order determines whether a layer
appears in front of or behind other layers.
To change the order of a layer:
In the Layers palette, select the layer that you
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want to move.
Choose Layer > Arrange, and choose an option
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from the submenu to arrange the layer:
Bring to Front to make the layer the topmost
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layer.
Bring Forward to move the layer one level up in
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the stacking order.
Send Backward to move the layer one level down
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in the stacking order.
Send to Back to make the layer the bottommost
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layer in the image (except for the background).
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