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Layer groups
About layer clipping groups
A clipping group is a group of layers to which a mask is applied. The bottommost layer, or base layer, defines the
visible boundaries of the entire group. For example, you might have a shape on the base layer, a photograph on the
layer above it, and text on the topmost layer. If you create a clipping group, the photograph and text appear only
through the shape outline on the base layer; they also take on the opacity of the base layer.
You can group only successive layers. 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 the clipping group icon
You can link the layers in a clipping group so that they move together.
The shape on the bottom layer of the clipping group determines what area of the photo layer above shows through.
See also
"Understanding layers" on page 81
"To link and unlink layers" on page 91
To create a clipping group
In the Editor, do one of the following:
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Hold down Option, position the pointer over the line dividing two layers in the Layers palette (the pointer changes
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to two overlapping circles
In the Layers palette, select the top layer of a pair of layers you want to group, and choose Layer > Group With
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Previous.
When making a clipping group from an existing layer and one you are about to create, first select the existing layer
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in the Layers palette. Then choose New Layer from the Layer menu or the Layers palette More menu. In the New
Layer dialog box, select Group with Previous Layer, and click OK.
The layers in the clipping group have the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost base layer in the group.
If you need to change the stacking order of the clipping group relative to other layers in the image, drag the group's
base layer up or down in the Layers palette. (Dragging any other layer in the group will remove that layer from the
group.)
), and then click.
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