Adobe ADBCD17648MC Manuel D’Utilisation

USING PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 8
Using layers

Open the adjustment or fill options dialog box by doing one of the following:

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Double-click the adjustment or fill layer’s leftmost thumbnail in the Layers panel.

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Select the layer in the panel and choose Layer

  > Layer Content Options.

Make your changes, and click OK.

You can merge an adjustment or fill layer in several ways: with the layer below it, with other selected layers, with the 
layers in its own group, with the layers it’s linked to, and with all other visible layers. You cannot, however, use an 
adjustment layer or fill layer as the base or target layer for a merge.

When you merge an adjustment layer or fill layer with the layer below it, the adjustments are simplified and 
permanently applied to the merged layer. The adjustment no longer affects other layers below the merged adjustment 
layer. You can also convert (simplify) a fill layer into an image layer without merging it.

Adjustment layers and fill layers with masks (the layer’s rightmost thumbnail in the Layers panel) that contain only 
white values do not add significantly to the file size, so you don’t need to merge these adjustment layers to conserve 
file space.

A layer mask prevents sections of a layer, or an entire layer, from being visible. You use the mask to show or hide 
sections of an image or an effect. When the layer mask (right thumbnail) attached to an adjustment layer is completely 
white, the adjustment effect is applied to all underlying layers. If you don’t want to apply the effect to certain portions 
of the underlying layers, paint the corresponding area of the mask with black. When attached to a fill layer, the mask 
defines the filled-in area in the fill layer.