

Chapter 02 Skills Review:
Working with Layers
A) Examine and convert layers.
- Start Photoshop.
- 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. - Make sure the rulers appear and that pixels
are the unit of measurement. - Delete the Background layer.
- Verify that the Rainbow blend layer is active,
then convert the image layer to a
Background layer. - Save your work.
B) Add and delete layers.
- Make Layer 2 active.
- Create a new layer above this layer using the
Layer menu. - Accept the default name (Layer 4), and
change the color of the layer to Red. - Delete Layer 4.
- 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. - Save your work.
C) Add a selection from one image to
another.
- Open PS 2-4.psd.
- Reposition this image of a horn by dragging the
window to the right of the Music Store image. - Open the Color Range dialog box. (Hint : Use
the Select menu.) - Verify that the Image option button is
selected, the Invert check box is selected,
and that Fuzziness is set to 0. - Sample the white background in the preview
window in the dialog box, then close the
dialog box. - Use the Move Tool to drag the selection into
the Music Store image. - Position the selection so that the upper-left
edge of the instrument matches the sample
shown below (click for a larger image). - Defringe the horn selection (in the Music
Store image) using a 3 pixel width. - Close PS 2-4.psd.
- Drag Layer 4 above Layer 3.
- Rename Layer 4 Horn.
- Change the opacity for the Horn layer to 55%.
- Drag the Horn layer so it is beneath Layer 2.
- Hide Layer 1.
- Hide the rulers.
- Save your work.
D) Organize layers with layer groups
and colors.
- Create a Layer Group called Type Layers
and assign the color yellow to the group. - Drag the following layers into the Type Layers
folder: Allegro, Music Store, Layer 2. - Delete Layer 2, then collapse the Layer
Group folder. - Move the Notes layer beneath the Horn layer.
- Create a layer comp called Notes layer.
- Update the layer comp.
- Hide the Notes layer.
- Create a new layer comp called Notes layer
off, then update the layer comp. - Display the previous layer comp, then save
your work. - 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). - Flatten the original image. (Hint: Be sure to
discard hidden layers.) - Save your work, then compare your image
to the one below.
Source: "Adobe Photoshop CS3 Revealed" by Elizabeth Eisner Reding