Speedy Gonzalez: Layer Tips
- Chapter 7: Speedy Gonzalez: Layer Tips
- NAMING LAYERS (AND WHY YOU SHOULD)
- LOCK ALL THOSE LAYERS IN JUST ONE CLICK
- TOGGLE THROUGH THE BLEND MODEs
- HIDE YOUR OTHER LAYERS IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE
- WHY DRAGGING AND DROPPING STYLES ROCKS!
- APPLYING LAYER STYLES TO YOUR BACKGROUND LAYER
- LOCK, LOAD, AND MOVE LAYERS
- MANAGING YOUR LAYERS
- INSTANT OPACITY CHANGE
- COPY A LAYER IN THE SAME LOCATION IN ANOTHER DOCUMENT
- MOVING MULTIPLE LAYERS FROM DOCUMENT TO DOCUMENT
- CENTERING DRAGGED LAYERS THE EASY WAY
- EASIER DROP SHADOW ANGLE ADJUSTMENTS
- LAYER NAVIGATION SHORTCUT
- SUPER-FAST LAYER COPIES
- INSTANT LAYER ALIGNMENT
- SEPARATION ANXIETY: PUT A LAYER STYLE ON A SEPARATE LAYER
- LAYER EFFECTS REMOVAL SPEED TIP
- JUMP TO ANY LAYER JUST BY CLICKING IN YOUR IMAGE
- COLOR-CODING MADE EASY
- CAN'T PAINT ON A LAYER? HERE'S WHY
- SPEED UP PHOTOSHOP BY MERGING LAYERS
- LAYER SET SUPER-SPEED TIP
- SAVE ROOM IN YOUR LAYERS PALETTE
- CAN'T WE ALL JUST HAVE THE SAME STYLE?
- LAYER PALETTE NAVIGATION SPEED TIPS
- QUICK COPY YOUR LAYER MASK
- SELECT EVERYTHING ON YOUR LAYER IN ONE CLICK
- VIEW YOUR LAYER MASK AS A RUBYLITH
- SELECTING JUST ONE OBJECT ON A LAYER
- KEEP LAYER STYLES FROM AFFECTING NEW WORK
- UN-FILLING FOR FUN AND PROFIT
- OPACITY SLIDER SPEED TIPS
- CHANGE LAYER SET BLEND MODES WITH CAUTION
- AVOIDING THE LAYER MENU
- MORE CONTROL OVER BLENDS: ADVANCED BLENDING
- SHAPES WITHOUT THE SHAPE LAYER
- SECRET OPACITY SEE-THROUGH PART OF A LAYER TIP
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Chapter 7: Speedy Gonzalez: Layer Tips
I know I'm supposed to write something compelling to make you want to read this chapter, but honestly, they're layer tips. Not that they're unimportant—they totally are. But when you say it—"layer tips"—it just doesn't have enough oomph! This chapter name needs more oomph! By the way, as an aside, if you look up the word "oomph" in the 2001 Webster's Abridged Dictionary, Oxford Version, for the actual definition, it's "A bulkiness or powerful quality that is brought on by most chapter heads, with the notable exception of 'Layer Tips'." Hey, I'm not making this stuff up. Those Webster guys are serious (especially the one who had his own show and was friends with Michael Jackson).
MISSING YOUR BACKGROUND LAYER? HERE'S THE FIX
If you're opening new documents and they don't have a Background layer, there's a reason (of course there's a reason, everything has a reason; we just happen to know what it is). The reason is that you've selected the Transparent option in the New document dialog box. That seems like a reasonable thing to do; everybody wants transparency, right? However, what it tells Photoshop is "don't worry about creating a Background layer." To get Background layers again, the next time you're in the New dialog box, under Contents, make sure you choose White, and from then on, you'll have Background layers in your documents.
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