Specifying Opacity And Blending Options - Adobe PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS Manual

2 In the options bar, select Use All Layers.
Cloning with zebra layer, and with merged data from
all layers
Selecting opaque areas on a layer
You can quickly select all the opaque areas on a
layer within the layer boundaries. This is useful
when you want to exclude transparent areas from
a selection.
To select all opaque areas on a layer:
Do one of the following:
In the Layers palette, Ctrl-click (Windows) or
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Command-click (Mac OS) the layer thumbnail.
Right-click (Windows) on the layer thumbnail
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in the Layers palette.
Layer pixels loaded as selection
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• To add the pixels to an existing selection, press
Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift
Mac OS), and click the layer thumbnail in the
Layers palette.
• To subtract the pixels from an existing selection,
press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option
(Mac OS), and click the layer thumbnail in the
Layers palette.
To load the intersection of the pixels and an
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existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows)
or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS), and click
the layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.
Specifying opacity and blending
options
Keep in mind that a layer's opacity and blending
mode interact with the opacity and mode of the
tools you use to paint and edit the pixels on the
layer. For example, suppose you are working on a
layer that uses the Dissolve mode and an opacity of
50%. If you paint on this layer using the paint-
brush tool set to Normal mode with an opacity of
100%, the paint will appear in Dissolve mode with
a 50% opacity because this is the maximum the
layer can display. On the other hand, suppose you
are working on a layer created using Normal mode
and 100% opacity. If you use the eraser tool with
an opacity of 50%, only 50% of the paint will
disappear as you erase.
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