Chequered backgrounds in layers

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Aug 15, 2005
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Hello,

I have Photoshop Elements 3 and am beginning to use layers to create some simple images..

Some of the layers I create have ‘chequered’ backgrounds. Others do not.

I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can’t figure out how.

Can you advise me please?

Thanks

KK
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Tacit
Aug 15, 2005
In article <ddq4fm$8h4$>,
"KK" wrote:

Some of the layers I create have ‘chequered’ backgrounds. Others do not.
I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can’t figure out how.

The checkered background indicates transparency.

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KK
Aug 15, 2005
Thanks,

But what exactly do you mean? Is a chequered background transparent or opaque, and how do I change it?

Thanks again

KK

"tacit" wrote in message
In article <ddq4fm$8h4$>,
"KK" wrote:

Some of the layers I create have ‘chequered’ backgrounds. Others do not.
I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can’t figure out how.

The checkered background indicates transparency.

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edjh
Aug 15, 2005
KK wrote:
Thanks,

But what exactly do you mean? Is a chequered background transparent or opaque, and how do I change it?

Thanks again

KK

"tacit" wrote in message

In article <ddq4fm$8h4$>,
"KK" wrote:

Some of the layers I create have ‘chequered’ backgrounds. Others do not.
I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can’t figure out how.

The checkered background indicates transparency.

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The checkers are not part of the layer per se. If the layer(s) (or background) is transparent you will see through them to the default checkered background. Look in preferences. You can turn them off or modify them.

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edjh
Aug 15, 2005
edjh wrote:
KK wrote:

Thanks,

But what exactly do you mean? Is a chequered background transparent or opaque, and how do I change it?

Thanks again
/snip/

If I wasn’t clear, the checkered background means the layer is transparent.

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KatWoman
Aug 15, 2005
"edjh" wrote in message
edjh wrote:
KK wrote:

Thanks,

But what exactly do you mean? Is a chequered background transparent or opaque, and how do I change it?

Thanks again
/snip/

If I wasn’t clear, the checkered background means the layer is transparent.

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http://www.sover.net/~hannigan/edjh.html
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the checks are just a grid that is used as a guide. The grid sits under everything you design on top.
They show through when you have no pixels (transparent areas) on top of them. They won’t print into your document.
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noone
Aug 16, 2005
In article <ddq4fm$8h4$
freeserve.co.uk says…
Hello,

I have Photoshop Elements 3 and am beginning to use layers to create some simple images..

Some of the layers I create have ‘chequered’ backgrounds. Others do not.
I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can’t figure out how.
Can you advise me please?

Thanks

KK

As others have said, the "chequered backgrounds" indicate that there is transparency in that Layer – the background is not something that prints, only shows YOU a representation of a condition. In PS, so I’m guessing in PE3, you can change how transparency is represented. In Edit>Preferences>Transparency, you can alter the visual of transparency. For instance, you could make it white, but then that does not differentiate it from a background that IS white, however, if printed on white stock, white reflects the absence of ink, or "transparency," but that might not help YOU tell which is which. A white background on a Layer will obliterated all that is below it, if the Opacity is 100%. This might NOT be what you want. You can make the chequered effect smaller, or larger, or even make it, say, a neon color, to tell YOU that it is transparent. In the Layers, this means that everything below it will show through. When working on multi-layered images, I’ll often make transparency show white, but then turn it back to default, once I’m done.

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