Photoshop CS2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies- P14:Barbara Obermeier is principal of Obermeier Design, a graphic design studio in Ventura, California. She’s the author of Photoshop Album For Dummies, coauthor of Adobe Master Class: Illustrator Illuminated, Photoshop 7 For Dummies, and Illustrator 10 For Dummies. She has contributed as coauthor, technical editor, or layout designer for numerous books. Barb also teaches computer graphics at Brooks Institute; the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Ventura College | 368 Rearranging Layers Figure 2-1 You can hide and show individual layers to better focus your tasks. You can also hide layer styles or entire layer groups by using the same method as with layers. You can find out more about layer groups later in this chapter. For the lowdown on layer styles see Book V Chapter 4. Only layers that are visible will print. This can be useful if you want to have several versions each on a separate layer of an image for a project within the same document. You can view selective layers print them get approval from the powers that be and then delete the layers with the scrapped versions. Only one file to manage even I can handle that. If clicking is just too strenuous for you try this neat trick. Drag through the eye column to hide or display multiple layers in one fell swoop. Now that s technology. Rearranging Layers You can shuffle the order of layers like clear sheets of acetate used with overhead projectors. The stacking order of the layers in the Layers palette corresponds to the order of the layers in the document. If you want to move a layer to another position in the stacking order drag the layer or layer set up or down in the Layers palette. As you drag you see a fist icon. Release your mouse button when a highlighted line appears where you want to insert the layer. Moving Layer Elements 369 Alternatively you can change the order by selecting the layer or layer set and then choosing Layers Arrange. Then select one of the following commands from the submenu Book V Chapter 2 Bring to Front and Send to Back send the layer to the very top or very bottom of the stacking order. Bring Forward and Send Backward move the layer one level up or down. Reverse switches the order of your layer stack if you have two or more layers elected. lBE If your image has a background it always remains the bottommost layer. If you need to move the background first convert it to a layer by double- U clicking the name in the Layers palette. Enter a name for
