Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Using layers

You can quickly select all the opaque areas in a layer. This procedure is useful when you want to exclude transparent 
areas from a selection.

In the Layers panel, Command-click the layer thumbnail.

To add the pixels to an existing selection, press Command+Shift and click the layer thumbnail in the Layers panel.

To remove the pixels from an existing selection, press Command+Option and click the layer thumbnail in the 
Layers panel.

To load the intersection of the pixels and an existing selection, press Command+Option+Shift and click the layer 
thumbnail in the Layers panel.

The checkerboard grid identifies transparency in a layer. You can change the appearance of this grid; however, do not 
change it to solid white because you’ll eliminate the visual distinction between opaque (white) and transparent 
(checkerboard). 

Choose Photoshop

  Elements

  > Preferences

 

> Transparency.

Choose a pattern size from the Grid Size menu.

Choose a pattern color from the Grid Colors menu. To choose a custom color instead, click one of the two boxes 
below the Grid Colors menu and select a color from the Color Picker.

Adjustment layers let you experiment with color and make tonal adjustments without permanently modifying the 
pixels in an image. You can think of an adjustment layer as a veil coloring the underlying layers. By default, an 
adjustment layer affects all layers below it, although you can change this behavior. When you create an adjustment 
layer, the Layers panel displays a white box representing the adjustment for that layer. 

Fill layers let you fill a layer with a solid color, gradient, or pattern. Unlike adjustment layers, fill layers do not affect 
the layers below them. To paint on a fill layer, you must first convert it (simplify it) into a regular layer.