Adobe Photoshop CS2 CLASSROOM IN A BOOK [Electronic resources] نسخه متنی

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If the Type tool () is currently selected in the toolbox, select any other tool, to be sure that you're no longer in text-editing mode. Then choose File > Save (if it is available) to be sure that all your changes have been saved in the file.

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Choose Image > Duplicate.

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In the Duplicate Image dialog box, name the file 06Flat.psd and click OK.

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Close the 06Start.psd file, but leave the 06Flat.psd file open.

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Choose Flatten Image from the Layers palette menu.

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Choose File > Save. Even though you chose Save rather than Save As, the Save As dialog box appears.

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Make sure that the location is the Lessons/Lesson06 folder, and then click Save to accept the default settings and save the flattened file.

You have saved two versions of the file: a one-layer, flattened copy as well as the original file, in which all the layers remain intact.

If you want to flatten only some of the layers in a file, click the eye icons to hide the layers you don't want to flatten, and then choose Merge Visible from the Layers palette menu.

About layer comps

Layer comps provide one-click flexibility in switching between different views of a multilayered image file. A layer comp is simply a definition of the settings in the Layers palette. Once you've defined a layer comp, you can change as many settings as you please in the Layers palette and then create another layer comp to preserve that configuration of layer properties. Then, by switching from one layer comp to another, you can quickly review the two designs. The beauty of layer comps becomes apparent when you want to demonstrate a number of possible design arrangements, for example. When you've created a few layer comps, you can review the design variations without having to tediously select and deselect eye icons or change settings in the Layers palette.

Say, for example, that you are designing a brochure, and you're producing a version in English as well as in French. You might have the French text on one layer, and the English text on another in the same image file. To create two different layer comps, you would simply turn on visibility for the French layer and turn off visibility for the English layer, and then click the Create New Layer Comp button on the Layer Comps palette. Then, you'd do the inverseturn on visibility for the English layer and turn off visibility for the French layer, and click the create New Layer Comp buttonto create an English layer comp.

To view the different layer comps, you click the Apply Layer comp box () for each comp to view them in turn. With a little imagination you can appreciate how much of a time-saver this would be for more complex variations. Layer comps can be an especially valuable feature when the design is in flux or when you need to create multiple versions of the same image file.