Chapter 3. Layers Primer

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The first rule to tinkering is to save all the parts.

—Paul Ehrlich

Adobe made considerable changes to the Layers palette in CS2, including the ability to select multiple layers, and the new Smart Guides feature.

The Layers palette is like the mother everybody wanted as a teenager. Instead of yelling at you to clean your room, she patiently keeps track of all your stuff and she doesn't care if you are neat and tidy, or an all-out slob. She is command central for everything you ...

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