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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS3D474004-E2F7-4cc2-84C5-40D36B7C7133a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Display the Layers panel</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS1F4579D2-A4FA-4fa7-B72F-D1E577064529a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Choose a command from the Layers panel menu</h1>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS39FA855C-CC8F-46cf-BFCE-B7ECB8A43144a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Change the size of layer thumbnails</h1>
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</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS1E0805B1-8250-4866-857B-ED84FF5B9E16a"><h1 class="topictitle1">Expand and collapse groups</h1>
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Layers panel lists all layers, layer groups, and layer effects in
an image. You can use the Layers panel to show and hide layers,
create new layers, and work with groups of layers. You can access
additional commands and options in the Layers panel menu. </p>
<div class="fignone"><img alt="" id="la_02" src="images/la_02.png" /><div class="figdesc">Photoshop Layers panel</div><br /><dl><dt class="dlterm">A.</dt>
<dd>Layers panel menu</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">B.</dt>
<dd>Layer
Group</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">C.</dt>
<dd>Layer</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">D.</dt>
<dd>Expand/Collapse
Layer effects</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">E.</dt>
<dd>Layer effect</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">F.</dt>
<dd>Layer
thumbnail</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<div id="WS3D474004-E2F7-4cc2-84C5-40D36B7C7133a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS3D474004-E2F7-4cc2-84C5-40D36B7C7133a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Display the Layers panel</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose Window&#160;&gt; Layers.</span></div>
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<div id="WS1F4579D2-A4FA-4fa7-B72F-D1E577064529a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS1F4579D2-A4FA-4fa7-B72F-D1E577064529a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Choose a command from the Layers panel menu</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Click the triangle in the upper right
corner of the panel.</span></div>
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<div id="WS39FA855C-CC8F-46cf-BFCE-B7ECB8A43144a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS39FA855C-CC8F-46cf-BFCE-B7ECB8A43144a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change the size of layer thumbnails</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose panel Options from the Layers
panel menu, and select a thumbnail size.</span></div>
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<div id="WS36367C51-7B48-49f3-B0B0-0520FCDB7512a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS36367C51-7B48-49f3-B0B0-0520FCDB7512a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Change thumbnail contents</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Choose panel Options from the Layers
panel menu, and select Entire Document to display the contents of
the entire document. Select Layer Bounds to restrict the thumbnail
to the object’s pixels on the layer.</span> <div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Turn
off thumbnails to improve performance and save monitor space.</div></div>
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<div id="WS1E0805B1-8250-4866-857B-ED84FF5B9E16a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS1E0805B1-8250-4866-857B-ED84FF5B9E16a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Expand and collapse groups</h3><div><div class="p"><span><img src="images/dingbat.png" />&#160;Click the triangle to the left of a
group folder. See <a href="WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78d4a.html">View layers and groups within a group</a>.</span></div>
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