Adobe PHOTOSHOP 5.0 User Manual page 278

270 CHAPTER 11
Using Layers
2 Select Preserve Transparency in the Layers
palette.
Note: For type layers, Preserve Transparency is on by
default and cannot be turned off.
Painting with Preserve Transparency on
Sampling from all layers
By default, when working with the magic wand,
smudge, blur, sharpen, rubber stamp, or pattern
stamp tool, you are applying color sampled only
from pixels on the active layer. This means you can
smudge or sample in a single layer even when
other layers are visible, and you can sample from
one layer and paint in another one.
Alternatively, you can choose to paint using
sampled data from all the visible layers. For
example, you can use the rubber stamp tool to
clone an area containing pixels from all the visible
layers.
To sample from all visible layers:
Double-click the magic wand tool ( ), smudge
1
tool ( ), blur tool ( ), sharpen tool ( ), rubber
stamp tool ( ), or pattern stamp tool ( ) to
display its Options palette.
2 Select Use All Layers in the tool's Options
palette.
Cloning with zebra layer, and with merged data from
all layers
Note: Unless you are using the rubber stamp tool,
painting or editing in a new layer produces the best
results when Use All Layers is selected.
Filling a new layer with a neutral color
Some Adobe Photoshop effects (such as the
Lighting Effects filter) cannot be applied to layers
with no pixels. Selecting Fill with Neutral Color in
the New Layer dialog box resolves this problem by
first filling the layer with a preset, neutral color. If
no effect is applied, filling with a neutral color has
no effect on the remaining layers. The Fill with
Neutral Color option is not available for layers that
use the Normal, Dissolve, Hue, Saturation, Color,
or Luminosity modes. For more information, see
"Adding layers" on page 263
Note: Not all filters produce a visible effect when
applied to a layer filled with a neutral color.