Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
The Beauty of Adjustment Layers
You can apply as many Adjustment layers that you need in your photo.
You can experiment and test different enhancements to the entire image or
just a selection in the image. These enhancements don't change the photo
pixels and can be turned off by hiding the Adjustment layer or by deleting
the layer. You can reorder Adjustment layers, and the enhancements of the
layer affect all layers below them in the new stacking order. You can
merge an Adjustment layer with the layer below or a group of layers. This
simplifies the Adjustment layer and permanently applies the enhancement.
Locking and Linking Layers
Other nice features of layers are to lock and/or link them. When you lock a layer, the layer
contents cannot be modified. You can also lock only the transparent pixels in the layers im-
age. You can choose multiple layers by Shift+clicking them, and then linking them. When
you link layers, the content of all the layers are linked and any modification you apply is
applied to all the linked layers together.
1.
Open a photo that has multiple layers in the Photo Editor.
2.
Click the Expert mode.
3.
Click to select a layer you want to lock.
4.
Click the Lock button.
5.
Click the Lock Transparent Pixels button to lock the layer's transparent pixels.
