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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ELEMENTS 2.0
User Guide
To specify a blending mode for a layer:
1 Select the layer in the Layers palette.
2 Choose an option from the Blending Mode
pop-up menu.
Right after you choose a blending mode,
you can press the up or down arrows on your
keyboard to try other blending mode options in
the menu.
Filling a new layer with a neutral color
Some filters (such as the Lighting Effects filter)
cannot be applied to layers without opaque pixels.
Selecting Fill with Neutral Color in the New Layer
dialog box resolves this problem by first filling the
layer with a preset, neutral color. The neutral color
is assigned based on the layer’s blending mode and
is invisible. If no effect is applied, filling with a
neutral color has no effect on the image.
To fill a new layer with a neutral color:
1 Choose New Layer from either the Layers menu,
or the Layers palette menu.
2 In the New Layer dialog box, choose a blending
mode from the Mode pop-up menu, and then
select Fill with [blending mode] Neutral Color.
Note: This option isn’t available for layers that use
the Normal, Dissolve, Hue, Saturation, Color, or
Luminosity modes.
3 Click OK.
4 Select the neutral color layer in the Layers
palette, and choose a filter, effect, or layer style
from the Filters, Effects, or Layer Styles palette.
(See “Using the Filters, Effects, and Layer Styles
palettes” on page 165.)
Using adjustment and fill layers
Adjustment layers and fill layers add another level
of flexibility to working with layers. Adjustment
layers allow you to experiment with color and
make tonal adjustments to an image; fill layers
allow you to quickly add color, pattern, and
gradient elements to an image. If you change your
mind about the results, you can go back and edit
or remove the adjustment or fill at any time.
About adjustment layers
Adjustment layers let you experiment with color
and make tonal adjustments to an image without
permanently modifying the pixels in the image.
The color and tonal changes reside within the
adjustment layer, which acts as a veil through
which the underlying layers appear. By default, an
adjustment layer affects all the layers below it. This
means that you can correct multiple layers by
making a single adjustment, rather than making
the adjustment to each layer separately. To limit
the adjustment to a portion of the image, you can
select an area in your image before adding the
adjustment layer. If you want the adjustment layer
to only affect a single layer, you can group them
together. (See “Creating grouped layers” on
page 106.)
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