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Text and Layers

When you add Text to an image by selecting the “Type Tool” and{Clicking} in the Image Window at the location you want your text to appear, a Layer is automatically created above the currently active Layer.  The name of the Layer defaults to the text you input.

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Creating New Layers

To create a new Layer {Click} the “Create New Layer” button at the bottom of the Layers Palette.  A Layer is added above the currently active Layer.  Make the new Layer active and rename it “Balloon.”

Make the Background Layer active.  Make a Selection around the balloon at the bottom center of the balloons image.  If the Duck is obscuring that part of the image you can move it away or turn the Duck Layer’s visibility off.

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Layer Mask, Create New Layer, Trashcan

{Clicking} the Layer Mask button ads a Mask to the currently active Layer.  Layer Masks are covered in depth later on.

{Clicking} the Create New Layer button creates a Layer above the currently active Layer.

{Clicking}, dragging and releasing a Layer over top of the Trashcan deletes the Layer.

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Thumbnail

The Thumbnail is a visual representation of the Layer’s content.  By default, Photoshop uses the smallest Thumbnail size.  To change the size or disable the Thumbnail {Click} the Options Triangle and select “Palette Options.”  Check the Thumbnail size you desire in the “Layers Palette Options” dialog box.

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Layers

One of Photoshop’s most powerful and most popular features is Layers.  Layers are similar to acetate or transparent paper.  Each Layer in a Photoshop document or image can contain image data that adds to the image data placed on the Layers below.  Effectively, each Layer is an entire image unto itself within a master image.

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OBJECTIVES
Upon completing this section, you should be able to:

1. Understand the Concept of Layers.

2.Use all the Options in the Layers Palette.

3.Use Layers to create digital images.