Media Studies Chapter 3 Homework What are the advantages of grouping layers?

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Worksheet: Photoshop Basics – Using Layers

ApplicationProgramRequired

AnyofAdobePhotoshopCC2014

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Objective

Toreviewlayers.

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Instructions

Fillouttheworksheet.RefertothesectionUsingLayersinthePhotoshopHelp.

CircleormarktheanswersontheLayerspanelontheleftifneeded.

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 True/False:YoucanchangethestackingorderofaBackground,

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 True/False:Whenyoucreateanewfilewithtransparent

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 HowdoyouconverttheBackgroundlayertoaregularlayer?

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Todeletealayer:forexample:selectthelayerandclickthe“Delete

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Toduplicatealayer:Forexample:Dragthelayertothe“Createanew

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Toselectalayer:Dooneofthefollowing:

 ClickalayerintheLayerspalette.

choosealayerfromthecontextmenu.Thecontextmenulistsall

thelayersthatcontainpixelsunderthecurrentpointerlocation.

topmostlayer/groupunderthecursorwillbeselected.

_________________________optionintheMovetooloptions

(intheOptionbar),thetopmostlayercontainingpixelsunder

thecursorwillbeselectedwheneveryouclickontheimage.

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Toapplylayerstylessuchasdropshadowandbeveltoalayer:Double‐

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Stackingorderoflayers:

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Howdoesthestackingorderofthelayersaffecttheimage?The

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Layergroups:

Toorganize/grouplayertogether:Forexamples:(1)Clickthe

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Whataretheadvantagesofgroupinglayers?Forexamples,youcan

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Linkinglayers:

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Layermasks:

Tocreatealayermask:Layer>LayerMask

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Clippingmasks:

Tocreateaclippingmask:Placethemaskinglayerbelowthe

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Adjustmentlayers:

Tocreateanadjustmentlayer:Layer>NewAdjustmentLayer

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Lockingalayer:

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Tomovethecontentofmultiplelayerssimultaneously:Youcanlinkthe

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Howdoesthenumberoflayersaffecttheimagefilesize?Whatwould

youdotominimizethefilesizeofthefinalimageforprinting?