Cs5

Dogdots · July 8, 2011

All of a sudden I'm having some problems with CS5. I've attached a photo to show what is happening. I've circled the arrows which I've never seen before and the Layers is underlined which I've never noticed before. What I am noticing is any changes that are made in the process of editing is disappearing when I turn off the Layers eye/circle/button.

Any suggestions? I hope I've explained this well enough

arodney · July 8, 2011

That’s a clipping mask (see the contextual menu when you option/alt click on the layer). You can select Select Clipping Mask submenu.

See:http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7853a.html

Dogdots · July 8, 2011

arodney wrote: »

That’s a clipping mask (see the contextual menu when you option/alt click on the layer). You can select Select Clipping Mask submenu.

See:http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Photoshop/11.0/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7853a.html

Thank you for letting me know what to do. I just tried it and the info I read worked. Only problem is when I go to make another adjustment the same thing happens again and I need to undo it.

Is there any way to stop this from ever happening?

basflt · July 9, 2011

right-click the lowest layer that has it , select release clipping mask

when you make a new layer , make sure "use previous layer to create clipping mask" is un-checked

it is checked by default if there allready is a layer that has it
it it unchecked by default if there is non yet

Dogdots · July 9, 2011

basflt wrote: »

right-click the lowest layer that has it , select release clipping mask

when you make a new layer , make sure "use previous layer to create clipping mask" is un-checked

it is checked by default if there allready is a layer that has it
it it unchecked by default if there is non yet

Thank you .. I give this a try, but again when I open up a new layer adjustment it still shows that darn clipping arrow again even tho the "Use previous layer to create clipping mask" is unchecked. I just want it to go away

Richard · July 9, 2011

This is strange. Does it just happen in one pic or in all of them? How are you creating the new layers? From the Layer menu? From the Layer Palette? Keyboard shortcuts? Does it happen with all of those methods?

basflt · July 9, 2011

found it

click the selected icon
[ once , or you enable it again ]

Dogdots · July 9, 2011

Richard wrote: »

This is strange. Does it just happen in one pic or in all of them? How are you creating the new layers? From the Layer menu? From the Layer Palette? Keyboard shortcuts? Does it happen with all of those methods?

It is strange.. bugging the heck out of me.

Happens when ever I click on an adjustment in the Add An Adjustment panel to make an adjustment. A new layer comes up with each new adjustment and the dang arrow is on each one of them.

Keyboard shortcuts ... those are way over my memory skills

I might of hit something tho and threw it way off.

I think my CS5 is possessed

Dogdots · July 9, 2011

basflt wrote: »

found it

click the selected icon
[ once , or you enable it again ]

YIPPIE!!!!!!!

Thanks so very much. I'll be darn ... those little things down there sure made my life miserable for awhile

It's working great now. I must of clicked on those by accident and messed up my world for awhile.

Again .. many thank you's

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tkerr · July 11, 2011

Dogdots wrote: »

Keyboard shortcuts ... those are way over my memory skills I might of hit something tho and threw it way off.

I think my CS5 is possessed

There are virtually hundreds of shortcut keys, too many to remember. But you can find them pressing F1(Help), then at the bottom of the list on the left hand column you will find all the shortcut keys. I recommend printing them out and getting familiar with, at the least the more common shortcuts that you will be using. The Alt(opt) Key can do a lot for you. There are shortcuts that you cannot find in the menu which can be useful at times, i.e. Stamping layers.
Shortcuts will make navigating around CS5 a lot easier once you start learning them.
Not only are there shortcut keys to learn, there are all kinds of little icons/buttons with various tools to learn.

CS5 might be possessed, but you can take possession back.

The Shortcut for clipping mask:
Point your mouse between the layers Hold down the Alt Key then Click. That will make the layer above the mouse pointer the clipping mask for the layer below. Same Shortcut to release the clipping mask.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/clipping-masks/

If you just want to create a new layer, instead of using the Layer Menu you can click the Create New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel. Or if you want to copy a layer, drag the layer you want to copy on top of that Create new Layer Icon. Circled in attached image.
newlayer.JPG

Adobe TV has some great video tutorial that can help you learn your way around CS5.
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs5?trackingID=RCL_PHXS_1201_windows_enUS_8F8B0FDEB602CBA3626ED49339053505

Dogdots · July 11, 2011

tkerr wrote: »

There are virtually hundreds of shortcut keys, too many to remember. But you can find them pressing F1(Help), then at the bottom of the list on the left hand column you will find all the shortcut keys. I recommend printing them out and getting familiar with, at the least the more common shortcuts that you will be using. The Alt(opt) Key can do a lot for you. There are shortcuts that you cannot find in the menu which can be useful at times, i.e. Stamping layers.
Shortcuts will make navigating around CS5 a lot easier once you start learning them.
Not only are there shortcut keys to learn, there are all kinds of little icons/buttons with various tools to learn.

CS5 might be possessed, but you can take possession back.

The Shortcut for clipping mask:
Point your mouse between the layers Hold down the Alt Key then Click. That will make the layer above the mouse pointer the clipping mask for the layer below. Same Shortcut to release the clipping mask.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/the-russell-brown-show/clipping-masks/

If you just want to create a new layer, instead of using the Layer Menu you can click the Create New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers Panel. Or if you want to copy a layer, drag the layer you want to copy on top of that Create new Layer Icon. Circled in attached image.
newlayer.JPG

Adobe TV has some great video tutorial that can help you learn your way around CS5.
http://tv.adobe.com/show/learn-photoshop-cs5?trackingID=RCL_PHXS_1201_windows_enUS_8F8B0FDEB602CBA3626ED49339053505

Thank you for the information. I know I should be using some shortcuts since it would really make my work flow hum along smoother and faster.

I'll take a look at what Adobe TV has to offer and print out a short cut list.

Thanks again -- I will take possession back

Cs5

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