Photoshop 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

Chapter 7. Layers

In this chapter

• Create a new layer

• Turn a selection into a layer

• Duplicate a layer

• Hide/show layers

• Flip a layer

• Delete a layer

• Rename a layer

• Transform a layer

• Restack a layer

• Convert the Background into a layer

• Convert a layer into the Background

• Move a layer

• Create a layer set

• Lock a layer

• Create a new fill layer

• Lock transparent pixels

• Drag-and-drop/copy a layer to another file

• Merge or flatten layers

For additional layer topics, see Chapter 14

Layers are like clear acetate sheets: opaque where there is imagery and transparent where there is no imagery. To each layer, you can assign a different opacity and mode to control how that layer blends with the layers below it. You can change the stacking order of layers, and you can also assign a layer ...