{"id":157,"date":"2017-04-11T19:50:54","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T19:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2017-06-15T15:53:37","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T15:53:37","slug":"layers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/panels\/layers\/","title":{"rendered":"Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

To<\/span> list<\/span> layers use mouse wheel or drag it like a smartphone screen.<\/p>\n

To select<\/span> layers click on it with CTRL or click at the right side<\/p>\n

To open\/close folder<\/span> click once on the folder icon<\/p>\n

To rename<\/span> layer double-click\u00a0on the layer name<\/p>\n

To show\/hide<\/span> layer click on the eye icon at the left side<\/p>\n

To move<\/span> layers click on it, hold pen\/mouse 2 seconds until it flashes and drag to the desired position (also, you can use arrows buttons or hotkeys to move the layer up\/down):
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Layer modes – click to choose\u00a0layer blend mode<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Layer opacity<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Lock transparent pixels – if enabled you can’t draw at transparent pixels.
\nThis function helpful for coloring some object and also to fill existed pixels by color, for example, if you want to change sketch\u00a0color from black to another color, pick desired color, enable “Lock transparent pixels” button and click ALT+BACKSPACE to fill all<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Lock layer – lock layer for moving, drawing and “<\/em>fast select tool (default hotkey: SPACE+A)”<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Merge layer with bottom layer (CTRL+E)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Duplicate layer (CTRL+J)<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Toggle clipping mask for the layer. If enabled – you can see only pixels inside area of bottom layer pixels.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Create a new layer<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Create a new folder<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Create layer mask (Fill mask by selected area)
\nTo select mask click at any other layer and then click on the mask.<\/span>
\nClick the chain icon\"\"\u00a0to connect\/disconnect mask and layer.
\n<\/em>Use brush to mask area and eraser to erase(remove) mask (Will be automatically converted to the alpha(black and white) after Photoshop import\/export)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Delete layer<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Clear layer<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Additional layer options (also, could be called by the right-click on a\u00a0layer)<\/em>:
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0Set “Reference layer” – this option requires for the Selection and Fill tools to select an area from Reference layer. Also, you can show\/hide reference layer by the hotkey.
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

\n

The layer panel have additional options in panel-options\"\"
\n\"\"<\/p>\n

Thumbnail\u00a0size<\/span>
\nEnable\/Disable Thumbnails with Layer bounds<\/span>(recommended for drawing with many layers with little details)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To list layers use mouse wheel or drag it like a smartphone screen. To select layers click on it with CTRL or click at the right side To open\/close folder click once on the folder icon To rename layer double-click\u00a0on the layer name To show\/hide layer click on the eye icon at the left side … Continue reading “Layers”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P8Bys5-2x","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/343"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paintstormstudio.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}