Adobe Photoshop CS4 - Manual (Page 328)

321 USING PHOTOSHOP CS4
Layers
Last updated 1/10/2010
Delete a Smart Filter mask
• Click the filter mask thumbnail in the Layers panel, then click the Delete icon in the Masks panel.
• Drag the filter mask thumbnail in the Layers panel to the Delete icon.
• Select the Smart Filter Effect, and choose Layer > Smart Filters > Delete Filter Mask.
Add a filter mask
If you delete a filter mask, you can subsequently add another mask.
• To add an empty mask, select the Smart Object layer, and then click the Filter Mask button in the Masks panel.
• To add a mask based on a selection, make a selection, and then right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS)
the Smart Filters line in the Layers panel, and choose Add Filter Mask.
Layer comps
About layer comps
Designers often create multiple compositions or comps of a page layout to show clients. Using layer comps, you can
create, manage, and view multiple versions of a layout in a single Photoshop file.
A layer comp is a snapshot of a state of the Layers panel. Layer comps record three types of layer options:
• Layer visibility—whether a layer is showing or hidden.
• Layer position in the document.
• Layer appearance—whether a layer style is applied to the layer and the layer’s blending mode.
Note: Unlike layer effects, Smart Filter settings cannot be changed across layer comps. Once a Smart Filter is applied to a
layer, it appears in all layer comps for the image.
You can export layer comps to separate files, to a single PDF, or to a web photo gallery.
Choose Window > Layer Comps to show the panel.
Layer Comps panel
A. Apply Layer Comp icon B. Last Document State C. Selected comps D. Layer Comp Cannot Be Fully Restored icon
B
C
D
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