Visual Quickstart Guide: Photoshop CC 2014 release

8. Layer Essentials

In This Chapter

Creating layers

Selecting layers

Restacking layers

Creating layer groups

Deleting layers and groups

Hiding and showing layers

Repositioning layer content

Changing the layer opacity

Using the lock options

Choosing Layers panel options

Filtering listings on the Layers panel

Merging layers

Flattening layers

Practice on an Image

You can download the file shown at left (see page viii). When you open it, click next to a layer name, then hide that layer by clicking the visibility icon. Click again to redisplay the ...