OPening layers palette

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almichaud
Aug 20, 2003
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I scan an image-I click on layers tab-the small window opens but the opacity, lock windows are grayed out and there are no A_B+C_D etc. Just one small window?
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Byron Gale
Aug 20, 2003
Almichaud,

That’s because the single layer is a background. Backgrounds have limited functionality (to protect them, I think…)

You can convert the background to a layer by double-clicking on it in the Layers palette. Then the items you mention would no longer be greyed-out.

I would recommend, however, that you leave your background intact and, instead, work on a copy of it as a layer.

You can do this via the menu (Layer -> Duplicate Layer), or the Layers palette (click-drag the background to the "new layer" icon at the bottom of the palette… the center one that looks like a small square with one corner turned up), or, also in the Layers palette, right-click on the background and choose Duplicate Layer from the context menu (don’t fiddle with the Destinaton portion of the dialog).

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