Tips for applying Photoshop layers

45 Basic techniques for layers

1. If you only want to display a layer, just press ALT to click on the layer's indicator layer visibility icon to hide the other layer, press again to show all layers.

2, press the ALT key to click the current layer before the brush icon can be all the layers and their unlink relationship.

3. To change the opacity of the current active tool or layer, you can use the numeric keys on the keypad. Press "1" to represent the opacity of 10%, and "5" to represent 50%. and "0" is the opacity representing 100%. A continuous press of numbers, such as "45", results in an opacity of 45%.

Note: The above method also affects the current active brush tool, so if you want to change the opacity of the active layer, switch to the Move tool or

Other selection tools.

4, press the ALT key to click on the "Layer" palette at the bottom of the "delete layer" icon, you can not eject any confirmation prompts to remove the layer, and this operation in the channel and path of the same application.

Tip: This technique can also be used in layer masks and clipping paths, now click on the appropriate thumbnail, then press the ALT key and click the "Delete" icon, which

Sample will be able to remove the mask or path without any confirmation prompts.

5, press CTRL and click the "Layer" palette at the bottom of the "delete layer" icon, you can simultaneously all the related layers are deleted.

Note: If all the layers are related, this technique is not available because you cannot delete each layer in an image because at least one image requires

To have a layer.

6. When you are currently using the Move tool, or when you press the CTRL key, right-click at any point on the canvas to get a list of layers under the mouse pointer, in order from the top layer to the bottom layer, select a layer name in the list to make the layer active.

Tips for naming layers and groups: if you're used to naming layers in lowercase, and naming groups in uppercase letters (or vice versa), you can easily distinguish between them when you select layers or settings from the right context menu.

Tip: When you press the ALT key, right-click to allow the mouse pointer to select the top layer. Similarly, when the "Move" tool is selected, you can open it in the "Options" palette

Use the "Automatically select Layers" option. If you press Alt+shift and then right-click, you can associate/cancel the topmost layer with the current layer.

7, when the "Move" tool is selected, press the CTRL key to click or drag to automatically select or move the top layer under the mouse pointer. Clicking or dragging after pressing Ctrl+shift enables you to associate the topmost layer with the currently active layer.

8, press the CTRL key and then click the "Create New layer" or "Create new Group" button at the bottom of the "layer" palette to insert the new layer or group below the current layer or group. Press Ctrl+alt and click to display a dialog box related to a new layer or group.

9, press the ALT key and double-click on a "layer" palette of the layer name can display the "Layer Properties" dialog box, where you can rename the layer.

Tip: When you press the ALT key and double-click on a background layer, you can turn it into a generic layer called Layer 0, which does not show any confirmation prompts.

10. If you want to reduce the opacity of a part of a layer, first create a selection, press Shift+backspace to access the Fill dialog box, set the blending mode to clear, and then set up the selection for which you want to set the opacity.

Another option is to select the area selected by Edit > clear, establish a history state, and then use the Fill command and content settings to store the contents of the selected area, setting the opacity required for the history record.

11. By default, shapes are set according to the color fill layer. To change this setting, select a new fill/adjust layer in the "Layer > Change Layer Content" submenu.

12, use the following keyboard shortcuts can be used to move live between the layers of navigation:

Shortcut key action

Shortcut key action
alt+[/] Activate prev/next visible layer
alt+shift+ [/] activate the bottom/top visible layer
CTRL + [/] Move the layer down/up
ctrl+shift+[/] Move layer to bottom/top

13. To drag multiple layers between documents, you can link them first, and then use the Move tool to drag them from one document window to another.

Note: You cannot drag multiple layers from the layers palette to another document-even if they are linked, this action applies only to the movement of the selected layer.

14, you can drag a layer to the bottom of the Layer palette, "Create New Layer" ("Create a new snapshot") button to create a copy of a layer, or you can use the Layer Palette menu, "Copy layer" to do the operation.

15. Use Ctrl+j (Layers > New > Copy-through layers) to create a copy of the current layer without an active selection.

16. After pressing the ALT key, drag a layer to the "Create new layer" icon at the bottom of the Layer palette to copy the layer to a new document.
Layer Group
17. Changing the blending mode or opacity of the layer group will affect all layers within the group, so that all layers in the group can be treated as a layer.

18. To put multiple layers into a layer group at the same time, you can now link these layers, then select "New group from layer" from the Layer Palette menu, or you can choose "Layer > New > Create Group from Layer".

Tip: You can press the ALT key when you select "Create New group from layer" so that you can ignore the dialog box and use the default name and attributes for the layer group.

19. To lock all layers in a group, such as transparency, pixel, position, and so on, select "Layer > Lock all layers in group".

Tip: Press/Key to open or close the current lock setting.

20. To release all the layers in a group, such as removing the group without deleting the layer, you can activate the layer group and press Ctrl+alt to click the "Delete" button, or press CTRL and drag the layer group to the top of the delete icon. Similarly, you can click the delete icon and select Delete Group only in the dialog box for confirmation of the result.

21. Copy a layer group that includes all the layers in it, by dragging it over the "Create new Group" button at the bottom of the Layer palette, or you can select "Copy Group" on the Layer palette menu.

22. To create a new document on a layer group, you can hold down the ALT key and drag the group to the top of the "Create new Group" icon at the bottom of the layer palette, and then, in the dialog box that appears, select New from the Document Drop-down menu.

23. To remove the bottom layer of a layer group, drag the thumbnail of the layer in the layer palette to the left.

24, to copy more than one group, first of these groups to link. Next, copy the document and use a move tool to drag the groups into the original document. You can then discard the copied document.

25. You can add a clipping path (a vector mask) or a traditional layer mask to a layer group. The group mask affects all layers within the group. It allows a given layer to have up to four masks: a layer's mask and a clipping path can be applied through a layer or group.

26, if you want to merge several visible layers downward, you can first link them, select the "Down" merge command, if the current layer is linked to other layers, then this command becomes the Merge link Layer command.

27, you can press ALT pieces to click between the layers to divide them into a group. This is a convenient method when some layers are linked together, because you only want to separate a few layers into the same group.