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                    Create a knockout
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                <div><div class="section"><p>Knockout
options let you specify which layers “punch through” to reveal content from
other layers. For example, you can use a text layer to knock out
a color adjustment layer and reveal a portion of the image using
the original colors.</p>
<p>As you plan your knockout effect, you
need to decide which layer will create the shape of the knockout,
which layers will be punched through, and which layer will be revealed.
If you want to reveal a layer&#160;other than the Background,
you can place the&#160;layers you want to use in a group or
clipping&#160;mask.</p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="la_07" src="images/la_07.png" /><div class="figdesc">Farm logo with shallow knockout to Background layer</div><br /></div></div>
<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Do
one of the following in the Layers panel:</span><ul><li><p>To reveal the background, position the
layer that will create the knockout above the layers that will be
punched through, and make sure the bottom layer in the image is
a Background layer. (Choose Layer&#160;&gt; New&#160;&gt;
Background From Layer to convert a regular layer into a Background
layer.)</p>
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<li><p>To reveal a layer above the background, place the
layers you want to punch through in a group. The top layer in the
group will punch through the grouped layers to the next layer below
the group. If&#160;you want to punch all the way through to
the background, set the blending mode for the group to Pass Through
(the default setting).</p>
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<li><p>To reveal the base layer of a clipping mask, place
the layers you want to use in a clipping mask. (See <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7853a.html">Mask layers with clipping masks</a>.) Make sure that the Blend Clipped
Layers As Group option is selected for the base layer. (See <a href="WS575E1E7B-E062-4e08-9103-0C88E0CA7DF4a.html">Group blend effects</a>.)</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Select the top layer (the layer that will create the
knockout). </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>To display blending options, either double-click the
layer (anywhere outside the layer name or thumbnail), choose Layer&#160;&gt;
Layer Style&#160;&gt; Blending Options, or&#160;choose Blending
Options from the Layers panel menu. </span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>To view blending options for a text layer,
choose Layer&#160;&gt; Layer Style&#160;&gt; Blending Options,
or choose Blending Options from the Add A Layer&#160;Style button
at the bottom of the Layers panel&#160;menu.</div>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Choose an option from the Knockout pop‑up menu:</span><ul><li><p>Select Shallow to knock out to the first
possible stopping point, such as the first layer after the layer
group or the base layer of the clipping mask. </p>
</li>
<li><p>Select Deep to knock out to the background. If there
is&#160;no background, Deep knocks out to transparency.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>If
you are not using a layer group or clipping mask, either Shallow
or Deep creates a knockout that reveals the background layer (or
transparency, if the bottom layer is not a background layer).</div>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>To create the knockout effect, do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>Lower the fill opacity.</p>
</li>
<li><p>Using the choices in the Blend Mode menu, change
the blending mode to reveal the underlying pixels.</p>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click&#160;OK.</span></li>
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