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Quarter 1- Module 4:
Adobe Photoshop CC
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Quarter 1 – Module 4: Adobe Photoshop CC Environment (Part 2)
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 What I Need to Know
Hello Grade 10 Learners! This module is designed to help you fully understand
the Environment of Adobe Photoshop CC. Feel free to explore each part and accomplish
each activity at your own pace.
This module is here to guide you through this lesson. In case you were not able
to follow and understand some instances, you can always go back to that part.
Are you ready? Let’s start.
The module is composed of one (1) lesson, namely:
• Lesson 4 –Continuation of Adobe Photoshop CC Environment
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. identify the different parts of layers panel;
2. recall the difference between opacity and fill
3. know some of useful shortcut key in Photoshop.

What I Know
Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.
1. It allows you to move multiple layers every time you select any individual layer that is
associated to others, which saves you the hassle of selecting multiple layers for conceptually
connected content.
a. Add layer mask c. Link layers
b. Layers styles d. New layer
2. Drop shadow, bevel and emboss, stroke; these are examples of scalable, non-destructive styles
and effects that can be added to a layer and continually tweaked with a live preview of the result,
what option on the Layer Menu will you use?
a. Add layer mask c. Link layers
b. Layers styles d. New layer
3. This are scalable, maskable, non-destructive layers that can be used to apply image adjustments
such as Levels and Curves to the visible layers under them.
a. Layers styles c. New fill or adjustment layers
b. Link layers d. New layer
4. It allow the user to control the transparency of every single pixel within a layer. This can also
be applied to groups of layers.
a. Add layer mask c. New fill or adjustment layers
b. Link layers d. New layer
5. This allows you to easily select, move and manipulate the entire group of layers as a single unit
while still maintaining individual layer editing abilities.
a. Link layers c. New Group
b. New fill or adjustment layers d. New layer
6. This is where the visual representation of each layer resides along with its various attributes.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
7. It is a way of making parts of a layer invisible and the beauty of this is that it is non-destructive
meaning, we can make something invisible but still be able to make it visible again any time.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
8. This is actually a highly functional little piece of UI or user interface. The other area that has
hidden complexity icon and drop down list that attached to each layer with styles applied.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
9. This are includes of layer blending modes as well as the opacity and fill sliders.
a. Blending c. Opacity
b. Fill d. Panel options

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10. This is one of the coolest locks available, and sadly enough, it’s probably also one of the most
looked over. Press this button with a layer selected and you essentially only allow the non-
transparent pixels to be manipulated.
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
11. This is a way of preventing any pixel destruction via painting, blurring, sharpening, erasing
or anything in that vein. This is good when you have a layer that you don’t want to screw up, but
would still like to move around and resize it (both of these actions are still allowed).
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
12. This one is the opposite of the last one. You can jack with the layer’s appearance as much as
you want, but moving and resizing are out.
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
13. This lets us quickly find tools or commands in Photoshop, as well as tutorials on different
topics, or images from Adobe Stock. To use the Search feature, click on the Search icon (the
magnifying glass) in the upper right of Photoshop.
a. Blending c. Panel options
b. Lock Position d. Search
14. What is the shortcut key for new layer?
a. Command – Shift – N c. Ctrl - N
b. Command-Shift-] d. Shift – N
15. What is the shortcut key for Show/Hide Layers Panel?
a. F5 c. F7
b. F6 d. F8
If you scored 15/15, you have the option to skip this module. Congratulations!
Otherwise, please proceed to the next part.

Lesson Environment of Adobe Photoshop CC (Part

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Adobe Photoshop tends to work well with other application. As well as integrating
seamlessly with other adobe products (such as premiere, illustrator, etc), Photoshop
formats are also widely recognized and able to imported into programs such as
Macromedia Fireworks, Corel Draw, etc.
The Layers Panel in Photoshop is one of the single most important aspects of the
software’s UI. Odds are, you’ve spent a good chunk of your life staring at and interacting
with the Layers Panel, but how well do you really know it?
Today we’re going to take a deep dive into what the Layers Panel has to offer and
how to make the most of it in your workflow. We’ll learn about everything from keyboard
shortcuts to obscure customization features. Whether you’re a beginner or a pro, you’re
bound to learn a few new tricks!

At first, the concept of this overview may seem a little on the basic side, but it arose out

What’s In
of a realization of just how much of my time in Photoshop is spent
fiddling around in this one single area. I live in the Layers Panel and my workflow is far
more efficient for knowing its intricacies.
“I assure that the more you know about this specific area of Photoshop, the
smarter you’ll work.”
With Photoshop CS6, the Layers Panel has been given some fancy new features
so it’s the perfect time to take a step back and refresh yourself on the old as well as the
new. I promise that the more you know about this specific area of Photoshop, the
smarter you’ll work.

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 What’s New

Activity 1.
Direction. Based on your last TVE last school year fill in the table below, use the first
column to draw the icon, in the second column write the name of the tool you drew then
lastly in the third column write the function and purpose of that tool on your own words.
Do this on a separate sheet of paper.

No. Icon Name Function/Purpose

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
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What is It

The Buttons on the Bottom

There are six unique sections in the Layers Panel, each of which holds a wealth
of features. We will start at the very bottom and work our way up.
Along the bottom of the Layers Panel is a strip of seven buttons. Each of these
buttons is dedicated either to layer organization or to visual manipulation. Here is a
rundown of what each icon is:

From left to right, these buttons are as 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

follows: link layers, layer styles, add
layer mask, new fill or adjustment layer,
new group, new layer and delete layer. Each
of these is a full topic on its own, so I will not take up your time explaining
them in-depth, but here is a quick overview.
1. Link Layers Allows you to move multiple layers every time you select any
individual layer that is linked to others. In other words, it saves you the
hassle of selecting multiple layers for conceptually connected content.

2. Layer Styles Drop shadow, bevel and emboss, stroke; these are examples
of scalable, non-destructive styles and effects that can be added to a layer
and continually tweaked with a live preview of the result. CS6 brings the
ability to add styles to a group of layers (finally!).

3. Add Layer Mask Layer masks allow the user to control

the transparency of every single pixel within a layer. This
can also be applied to groups of layers.

4. New Fill or Adjustment Layer Adjustment layers are

scalable, maskable, non-destructive layers that can be used to apply image
adjustments such as Levels and Curves to the visible layers under them.
Fill layers are pretty much what they sound like and can take the form of
solid color, gradient or pattern.
5. New Group In addition to linking distinct but related layers, you can
group them together in a folder. This allows you to easily select, move and

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maintaining individual layer editing abilities.
6. New Layer & 7. Delete Layer There is nothing tricky about
these buttons, one creates layers, the other destroys them. You
get the idea.
Layers Moving on up, the next section is the layers stack. This is
where the visual representation of each layer resides along with its
various attributes. Everything here is intuitive and does not
require too much explanation. Click and drag layers to rearrange them, use the little
eye icon to toggle the visibility; no real head scratchers here.
Masks At its most basic level, Masking is a way of making parts of a
layer invisible. But the beauty of masking is that it is non-destructive
meaning, we can make something invisible but still be able to make
it visible again at any time.
If the mask is selected, whatever you do to that layer or group
really affects the mask. So if you have a layer with a mask, and paint
it black, you’ll paint the mask black if the mask is selected and the layer black if the
mask isn’t selected.
This selection also affects how the layer is moved, especially when the link
between the mask and the layer or group is removed (click to remove):
Here, when I move the layer group around, I’ll actually be moving the mask,
because that’s what is currently selected and the link between the two is
absent.
Layer Styles The other area that has hidden complexity is the little Layer
Styles icon and drop down list that gets attached to each layer with styles
applied. This is actually a highly functional little piece of UI.

For instance, do ditch the layer styles; you can drag the icon to the trash
icon. Alternatively, you can expand the little drop down menu and
drag specific styles to the trash individually. If you would like to move
styles between layers, you can simply drag the little icon or the styles
in the list.
A Shift-drag will move the styles from one layer to another and an
Option-drag will copy the styles from one layer to another. If you want
to copy, the styles from one layer to a bunch of others, right-click on
the effects icon and go to “Copy Layer Style.” Then select the layers
that you want to apply these styles to right click and select “Paste
Layer Style.”
Blending The next section up includes the controls for blending layers
together. These are comprised of layer blending
modes as well as the opacity and fill sliders.
Opacity vs. Fill
One of the most confusing parts about the
entire Panel is the existence of both an Opacity
setting and a Fill setting. After a cursory experimentation, you
might conclude that they do the same thing, but this is
definitely not true. Consider the follow example of a piece of
text with various Layer Styles applied:
As you can see, when we reduce the layer’s Fill, the Layer Styles remain fully
visible. However, when we reduce the layer’s Opacity, both the layer and its styles have
lost visibility.
This is where just about everything that I’ve ever read on the difference between
these two settings stops. However, in my own experimentation,
I’ve discovered that the difference is more profound than that.
Even without Layer Styles of any kind applied, Opacity and Fill
can produce different effects.
Check out this example (from the aforementioned article),
where I took a chunk of text, set it to Color Burn and reduced the
Opacity and Fill separately to see how the two differ:

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 As you can see, when Blending Modes are thrown into the mix, the difference is
profound. Reducing the Opacity produced a dull, flat look while reducing the Fill has
created an interesting, more believable blend.
Locks Our next section is where we control how layers are locked. I’ll
wager that many readers only ever use one or two different lock styles
but there are in fact four different ways to lock a layer, each of which is
represented by an icon on the upper left of the Layers Panel.
From left to right, these four different locks are as follows: lock
transparent pixels, lock image pixels, lock position and lock all. Let’s have
a look at each.
1. Lock Transparent Pixels This is one of the coolest locks available,
and sadly enough, it’s probably also one of the most looked over. Press this button with
a layer selected and you essentially only allow the non-transparent pixels to be
manipulated.
2. Lock Image Pixels By locking the image pixels, you’re preventing any pixel
destruction via painting, blurring, sharpening, erasing or anything in that vein. This is
good when you have a layer that you don’t want to screw up, but would still like to move
around and resize it (both of these actions are still allowed).
3. Lock Position This one is the opposite of the last one. You can jack with the layer’s
appearance as much as you want, but moving and resizing are out.
Lock All Lock All is exactly what you would think, it locks down a layer so tight
that you almost can’t do anything with it: no painting, no moving, no Layer Styles;
nothing. You can’t even delete it. Oddly enough though, you can still change
its stacking order in the Layers Panel.
Search The Search bar lets us quickly find tools or commands in
Photoshop, as well as tutorials on different topics, or images from Adobe
Stock. To use the Search feature, click on the Search icon (the magnifying
glass) in the upper right of Photoshop.
The default way to search/filter your layers is by “Kind,” which is extremely
helpful. You’re presented with a row of icons that correspond to various layer types:
pixel layers, adjustment layers, type layers, shape layers or smart objects. Clicking on
one or more of these immediately filters out any layers that don’t match that criteria.
As you can see in the example above, we had a bunch of layers, and then quickly
drilled down to only the text layers. How cool is that? You can also filter by effect, mode,
attribute and color or directly search for a layer by name.
To quickly turn off any filtering, just click the little switch at the top right of this
section. Click it again to turn the filtering back on.
Panel Option The sixth and final section that we’re going to go over
is “Panel Options,” which is found in the little fly out menu at the
top right of the panel. There are a lot of extra goodies in here, but
they’re all straightforward so we’ll skip right to Panel Options.
Clicking this will bring up the window below. Here you can choose
your thumbnail size in addition to a few other tweaks. These may
seem minor, but pay close attention they can really make the Layers
Panel a more

Keyboard Shortcuts
There are a ton of great keyboard shortcuts here so let’s just make a few helpful
lists.
Layer Creation and Deletion
• New Layer: Command-Shift-N
• New Layer without Options: Command-Shift-Option-N
• Delete Layer: Delete
Merging
• Merge Layers: Command-E (select two or more first)
• Merge Layers to New Layer: Command-Option-E (select two or more first)
• Merge Visible: Command-Shift-E
• Merge All Visible to New Layer: Command-Shift-Option-E
Others
• Show/Hide Layers Panel: F7

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 • Duplicate Layer or Selection to New Layer: Command-J (Use Option for
options)
• Turn Off All But Current Layer: Option-Click eye icon (repeat to turn back
on)
• Active Selection from Layer: Command-Click on Layer Preview
• Create a Clipping Mask: Command-Option-G

What’s More

Activity 2. Self - assessment

After relearn and recall all the tools in Photoshop. Try to answer the table below
by just simply put an (√)
I am familiar with I totally don’t
I am very much this but I don’t recognize this
No.. Tools
familiar with this know what is this tool in layer
for panel
1 Link layers
2 Add layer mask
3 Layer style
4 Panel Options
5 New group
6 Masks
7 Layer styles
8 Blending
9 Search
10 Locks

What I Have Learned

Activity 3. Word Hunt
Locate the layer panel tools that are listed below and give their purpose/function
on the space provided next to each item.

A Q F Q S I O F T O N P M Z P
U B L C C T D B O B O Q D P A
G L V U V L K N I Y H O P B N
X E O H D S B K O K M E S J E
T N F C M H S W I D N K L P L
A D H E K F V U I A P P L B O
D I E H N S F H H F S C D P P
A N E W G R O U P P G O U G T
G G C J B J T C H I J B C P I
K S E A R C H F A J M P E J O
A R V A N C J G J J A N N G N
L A Y E R S T Y L E S C A O S
S H T T K N G O F I K O E G F
G G M F S O A C M C S C V O B
B Q G M O W G P I G K F A G F

No. Name Purpose/Function (Own words)

1 Link layers
2 Add layer mask
3 Layer style
4 Panel Options
5 New group
6 Masks
7 Layer styles
8 Blending

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10 Locks

What I Can Do

Activity 3.
Direction: Identify the correct name of the tools in layer panel presented.

12 1. ____________________
13 2. ____________________
3. ____________________
1 14
4. ____________________
2 15 5. ____________________
3 16 6. ____________________
7. ____________________
4 8. ____________________
17 9. ____________________
10. ____________________
18 11. ____________________
12. ____________________
13. ____________________
14. ____________________
15. ____________________
16. ____________________
17. ____________________
5 6 7 8 9 10 11 18. ____________________

Assessment

Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Allows you to move multiple layers every time you select any individual layer that is
associated to others. In other words, it saves you the hassle of selecting multiple
layers for conceptually connected content.
a. Add layer mask c. Link layers
b. Layers styles d. New layer
2. Drop shadow, bevel and emboss, stroke; these are examples of scalable, non-
destructive styles and effects that can be added to a layer and continually tweaked
with a live preview of the result.
a. Add layer mask c. Link layers
b. Layers styles d. New layer
3. This are scalable, maskable, non-destructive layers that can be used to apply image
adjustments such as Levels and Curves to the visible layers under them.
a. Layers styles c. New fill or adjustment layers
b. Link layers d. New layer
4. It allow the user to control the transparency of every single pixel within a layer. This
can also be applied to groups of layers.
a. Add layer mask b. Link layers

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 c. New fill or adjustment layers d. New layer
5. This allows you to easily select, move and manipulate the entire group of layers as a
single unit while still maintaining individual layer editing abilities.
a. Link layers c. New Group
b. New fill or adjustment layers d. New layer
6. This is where the visual representation of each layer resides along with its various
attributes.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
7. It is a way of making parts of a layer invisible and the beauty of this is that it is
non-destructive meaning, we can make something invisible but still be able to make it
visible again any time.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
8. This is actually a highly functional little piece of UI or user interface. The other area
that has hidden complexity icon and drop down list that attached to each layer with
styles applied.
a. Layer styles c. Locks
b. Layers d. Masks
9. This are includes of layer blending modes as well as the opacity and fill sliders.
a. Blending c. Opacity
b. Fill d. Panel options
10. This is one of the coolest locks available, and sadly enough, it’s probably also one
of the most looked over. Press this button with a layer selected and you essentially
only allow the non-transparent pixels to be manipulated.
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
11. This is a way of preventing any pixel destruction via painting, blurring,
sharpening, erasing or anything in that vein. This is good when you have a layer that
you don’t want to screw up, but would still like to move around and resize it (both of
these actions are still allowed).
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
12. This one is the opposite of the last one. You can jack with the layer’s appearance
as much as you want, but moving and resizing are out.
a. Lock all c. Lock Position
b. Lock Image Pixels d. Lock transparent pixels
13. This lets us quickly find tools or commands in Photoshop, as well as tutorials on
different topics, or images from Adobe Stock. To use the Search feature, click on the
Search icon (the magnifying glass) in the upper right of Photoshop.
a. Blending c. Panel options
b. Lock Position d. Search
14. What is the shortcut key for new layer?
a. Command – Shift – N c. Ctrl - N
b. Command-Shift-] d. Shift – N
15. What is the shortcut key for Show/Hide Layers Panel?
a. F5 c. F7
b. F6 d. F8

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