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| If you have more than four layers—the number of reserved colors for coding layers—you can group layers that have similar characteristics with one color. |
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| One of the keys to successful image compositions is finding the best source material with contrasting lighting situations and tonal qualities. |
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| Each time you insert a layer in an image, the new layer is added to the bottom of the palette. |
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| If you want to limit the layers that display to only a single layer, click the visibility icon next to the background and all layers other than the desired one to turn off their display. |
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| While Photoshop allows background editing, the Background layer cannot be moved. |
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| When using the Clone Stamp tool from one image to another, both images cannot be in the same color mode. |
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| The stacking order of layers in an image can be rearranged to change the appearance of the image. |
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| Creating a selection in the document window is essentially the same as selecting the layer. |
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| A pattern is an image that is repeated when you use it to fill a layer or selection. |
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| In the TIF Options dialog box, the Pixel Order command writes the TIF file with the channels data interleaved or organized by plane. |
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| By default, layers are named alphabetically. |
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| To move a mask, first click the link icon in the Layers palette to unlink the mask from the layer. |
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| The Pattern layer style varies the color and opacity of a gradient. |
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| The PSD format maintains the appearance of blended layers. |
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| When working with layers, it is important to make sure which layer you are editing by looking at the active layer in the Layers palette. |
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| The transparency of the Background layer cannot be changed. |
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| The Pattern Stamp Tool (S) allows you to paint with a pattern chosen from Photoshop’s pattern library. |
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| When you create composite images, it is important to choose images that closely match or complement color, lighting, size, and perspective. |
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| A fully locked layer displays a hollow lock. |
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| You can specify whether or not an erasure becomes a state in the Layers palette. |
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| You can choose another tool before having committed a transformation. |
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| When dragging layers, Photoshop users adjust their document windows to display in various ways depending upon personal preference. |
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| Among the 15 filters that come installed with Photoshop, the render filters help you create cloud patterns, fiber patterns, refraction patterns, and simulated light reflections. |
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| If you work with large numbers of layers when compositing, you are unlikely to want to group layers. |
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| Shades of gray display in various levels of transparency in a layer mask. |
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| The name of the active layer displays in the status bar in Photoshop. |
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| Applying or committing a transformation tells Photoshop that you are finished resizing. |
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| When creating a composite image, you cannot limit the selected area of the source image. |
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| The Clone Stamp tool is useful for duplicating an object, but not for removing a defect in an image. |
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| A flattened file is easier to print, export, and display on the Web. |
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| The Layer via Copy command is different from the Layer via Cut command in that the Layer via Copy command removes the selection from the background. |
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| The TIF format maximizes file compatibility and provides the most portable file that can be read by other applications, including previous versions of Photoshop. |
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| Flattening composite images increase the file size. |
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| Adjustment layers are nondestructive, which means you can try different settings and re-edit the adjustment layer at any time. |
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| You can press the CTRL + Z shortcut keys to undo a small erasure. |
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| When you use the Clone Stamp tool, Photoshop takes a montage of the image, remembering where the mouse pointer clicked. |
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| A higher tolerance erases pixels within a range of color values very similar to the pixel you click when you use the Magic Eraser. |
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| Layers can be created, copied, displayed, merged, locked, and flattened, for example. |
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| After clicking the Clone Stamp Tool (S) button on the Tools palette, you press and hold CTRL while clicking in the portion of the picture that you wish to copy. |
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| Displaying thumbnails of each layer allows you to see easily what the layer looks like and helps you to be more efficient when editing a layer. |
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| On the Background Eraser options bar, you can use the resolution setting to control the range of the transparency. |
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| When using the eraser tools, it is best to erase large portions at once. |
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| A raster image is a digital image represented by a matrix of pixels. |
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| With the right adjustment, a layer seems to meld into the image and maintains a consistency of appearance for the overall composite image. |
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| You cannot make tonal changes to the pixels of a layer itself; you first must create an adjustment layer that is applied over the top. |
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| To hide or view several contiguous layers, drag through the eye column in the Layers palette. |
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| If you flatten an image and then change your mind, if the file is still open, you can click the previous state in the History palette to restore all of the layers. |
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| It is a good practice to give each layer a unique name so you can identify it more easily. |
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| Because TIFF files are supported by virtually all paint, image-editing, and page-layout applications, it is a versatile format for cross platform applications. |
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| If you want to change the masked portion of a layer, you can change the visible area by moving the mask around the image. |
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