Adding layers and layer setsYou can create empty layers and add content to them, or you can create new layers from existing content. When you create a new layer, it appears either above the selected layer or within the selected layer set in the Layers palette. Layer sets help you organize and manage layers. You can use layer sets to easily move layers as a group, to apply attributes and masks to groups of layers, and to reduce clutter in the Layers palette. You cannot create a new layer set within an existing layer set. To add a new layer or layer set using default options: Click the New Layer button or New Layer Set button in the Layers palette. To add a new layer or layer set and specify options:
To convert a selection into a new layer:
To create a new layer set from linked layers: Choose Layer > New > Layer Set from Linked. (See Linking layers.) |