Chapter 02 Skills Review:
Working with Layers

A) Examine and convert layers.

1. Start Photoshop.
2. Open PS 2-3.psd from the drive and folder
   where you store your Data Files, update
   any text layers, if necessary, then save it
   as Music Store.
3. Make sure the rulers appear and that pixels
   are the unit of measurement.
4. Delete the Background layer.
5. Verify that the Rainbow blend layer is active,
   then convert the image layer to a
   Background layer.
6. Save your work.

B) Add and delete layers.

1. Make Layer 2 active.
2. Create a new layer above this layer using the
   Layer menu.
3. Accept the default name (Layer 4), and
   change the color of the layer to Red.
4. Delete Layer 4.
5. Make Layer 2 active (if it is not already the
   active layer), then create a new layer using the
   Create a new layer button on the Layers palette.
6. Save your work.

C) Add a selection from one image to
another.

1. Open PS 2-4.psd.
2. Reposition this image of a horn by dragging the
   window to the right of the Music Store image.
3. Open the Color Range dialog box. (Hint : Use
   the Select menu.)
4. Verify that the Image option button is
   selected, the Invert check box is selected,
   and that Fuzziness is set to 0.
5. Sample the white background in the preview
   window in the dialog box, then close the
   dialog box.
6. Use the Move Tool to drag the selection into
   the Music Store image.
7. Position the selection so that the upper-left
   edge of the instrument matches the sample
   shown below (click for a larger image).
8. Defringe the horn selection (in the Music
   Store image) using a 3 pixel width.
9. Close PS 2-4.psd.
10. Drag Layer 4 above Layer 3.
11. Rename Layer 4 Horn.
12. Change the opacity for the Horn layer to 55%.
13. Drag the Horn layer so it is beneath Layer 2.
14. Hide Layer 1.
15. Hide the rulers.
16. Save your work.

D) Organize layers with layer groups
and colors.

1. Create a Layer Group called Type Layers
   and assign the color yellow to the group.
2. Drag the following layers into the Type Layers
   folder: Allegro, Music Store, Layer 2.
3. Delete Layer 2, then collapse the Layer
   Group folder.
4. Move the Notes layer beneath the Horn layer.
5. Create a layer comp called Notes layer.
6. Update the layer comp.
7. Hide the Notes layer.
8. Create a new layer comp called Notes layer
   off, then update the layer comp.
9. Display the previous layer comp, then save
   your work.
10. Save a copy of the Music Store file using
    the default naming scheme (click the "Save a copy" checkbox in the Save as dialog box).
11. Flatten the original image. (Hint: Be sure to
    discard hidden layers.)
12. Save your work, then compare your image
    to the one below.

Source: "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Revealed" by Elizabeth Eisner Reding