All right.
Welcome back.
So on this video we're on to talk about the layered menu.
So let's head over to Photoshop and let's do file new and do the default Photoshop size and let's go
to the layer menu.
OK.
So there's all sorts of goodies in here.
Now.
Not everything's going to be activated because we don't have all the necessary things in the layer for
it to be working.
So if you want to do new layer you can do control shift and I don't know what's his control shift in
control.
Yeah OK that is right.
Control shift on that's how you create a new layer layer from background group group from layers.
Our board our board from group are bought from layers frame from layers layer V.
Copy.
You can duplicate the layer
delete the layer quick export.
Export as rename layer layer style so you can give it different filters.
New fill layer new adjustment layer layer mask vector mask.
Smart objects video layers layer based slice group layers hide layers.
You can arrange combined like layers merge down merge visible flat image and matting.
OK so those are all the options that they have.
But I'm going to show you all those here because I don't ever use this
I don't I've never even opened this window before I use this right here which is the same thing but
it's in a different area.
So what I want to do real quick is let's do this.
I'm going to hit the tab key for me and then click on the window menu and click layers.
OK.
So what I want to do and actually do window and let's do the tools as well.
So I want to keep the tools open and just then the layer menu open.
So you just have two things on your screen so you can focus on that and not anything else.
Me distracted OK.
So new layer is shift control and or just click this little button right here.
New layer critical layer.
If you double click this you can rename layer.
Or if you click that.
If I have control shift and it's going to prompt me to name the layer so layer 45.
OK but you can rename it like that you can also do the menu in here.
OK.
So this what happens with the layers the layers are very crucial to Photoshop and to really any creative
product out there because you have all these options you can copy assessing copies SPG duplicate layer
delete layer etc..
Now you don't need to go in here to delete a layer.
All you need to do is go here hit delete.
OK or you can hit the the delete icon here the trash bin guy new group new group from layers to our
board.
All that stuff not really used that much.
I haven't used it.
If I right click on the actual layer itself this is where I use most of the stuff.
So when I want to merge or merge merge down.
OK.
What that means is I'm combining all these layers together right.
Unlock that and let's say you had content on each layer and you wanted to merge them together.
Then you would do merge layers.
OK so all the layers would be together.
OK.
If I want undo that I just have control Zee and that will do it.
But like I said this is a great reference point only but most of your action is going to be over here.
Now there are some things that you can use in here but again I I like the I like to use this because
this is what I know.
So like for lock in.
Oh right here I can lock right there.
OK lock position prevent auto next in lock image pixels like transparent pixels.
OK.
You can change the the layer type and these are all different effects that they have.
Pixel layers adjustment layers tax layers cetera.
Normally what I'll do for text I just write text and do it there because again I use shortcuts.
So I'm just doing that.
So it creates its own layer but you can use this if you want and what that does to is this will separate
it out just to the text layers so you can turn off all the other layers and just see one if you want.
Ok so like if I just want to see these and you could do that I don't recommend doing that.
What I recommend doing is making folders.
So if you have layers of say background and background you come here grab all these drag him in there.
OK then make another folder for text and just pictures on top.
He always one of the background on the bottom because it goes bottom the top so not top to bottom.
Action is top to bottom but one of the background I was on the bottom.
Otherwise it's not going to work because if you do this the text would disappear.
So I was one of the background on the bottom.
OK I'm going to delete the text folder.
There you go.
And we'll go in here and you can see we have three layers are.
And so that's really the gist of the layer menu and also layers here.
You're going to be learning more as I go along.
I don't want to go through everything right now because it's a lot to take in.
So with that mind I'll see in the next video.
Thanks for watching.