View layers and groups within a group, Show or hide a layer, group, or style – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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2. Move, scale, or rotate the imported image. (See Place a file in Photoshop.)
3. Press Enter or Return.
By default, Photoshop creates a Smart Object layer. To create standard layers from dragged files, deselect Place Or Drag Raster Images As
Smart Objects in the General preferences.
If the placed file is a multilayer image, a flattened version appears on the new layer. To instead copy separate layers, duplicate them in
another image. (See Duplicate layers.)
Create a layer with effects from another layer
1. Select the existing layer in the Layers panel.
2. Drag the layer to the Create a New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers panel. The newly created layer contains all the effects of the
existing one.
Convert a selection into a new layer
1. Make a selection.
2. Do one of the following:
Choose Layer > New > Layer Via Copy to copy the selection into a new layer.
Choose Layer > New > Layer Via Cut to cut the selection and paste it into a new layer.
You must rasterize Smart Objects or shape layers to enable these commands.
View layers and groups within a group
Do one of the following to open the group:
Click the triangle to the left of the folder icon
.
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the triangle to the left of the folder icon and choose Open This Group.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the triangle to open or close a group and the groups nested within it.
Show or hide a layer, group, or style
Do one of the following in the Layers panel:
Click the eye icon
next to a layer, group, or layer effect to hide its content in the document window. Click in the column again to
redisplay the content. To view the eye icon for styles and effects, click the Reveal Effects In panel icon .
Choose Show Layers or Hide Layers from the Layers menu.
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) an eye icon
to display only the contents of that layer or group. Photoshop remembers the
visibility states of all layers before hiding them. If you don’t change the visibility of any other layer, Alt-clicking (Windows) or Option-
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