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Filtering Layers Use this menu to Filter for:
When you work with complex files, you might find yourself
PHOTOSHOP FOUNDATIONS still have to scroll through the panel to find what you need. number of criteria. Shape layers
with dozens — or even hundreds — of layers. Descriptive
filter layers by a
names can help you navigate through the layers, but you
Smart objects
Type layers
Layer filtering, available at the top of the Layers panel,
allows you to narrow down the panel to only layers that
Adjustment layers
meet certain criteria — making it much easier to locate a
Pixel layers
specific layer.
When Kind is selected in the menu, you can use the
When Mode is selected, you can use
associated buttons to show only certain types of layers
the secondary menu to find only layers
to which a certain blending mode has
(adjustment layers, smart objects, etc.).
been assigned.
Use this switch
to turn filtering
on and off.
Only layers matching
the applied filter
appear in the panel.
When Name is selected, you can type in the attached field
to find layers with names that include
the text you enter in the field. The
defined text string does not need to When Smart Object is selected, you can use the buttons at
be at the beginning of the layer name; the top of the panel to find linked layers, layers with
for example, typing “ti” would return modified source data, layers with
both Rating and Title layers in the file missing source data, or embedded
for this project. layers. These buttons are non-
exclusive, which means you can select
When Effect is selected, you can use more than one option at a time (for
the secondary menu to find only layers example, all layers with missing and
with a specified effect (applied using modified source data).
the Layer>Layer Style submenu).
The Selected option shows a subset of layers that exist in
Isolation mode. To create a subset, select one or more layers
When Attribute is selected, you can in the Layers panel and then choose Select>Isolate Layers.
choose from a number of layer The Layers panel automatically shows a subset of only the
attributes — visible, linked, clipped, selected layers, and Selected appears in the Filter By menu.
masked, etc.
When Color is selected, you can
choose any of the built-in colors from
the secondary menu. (These colors,
which appear around the layer’s
visibility icon, can be assigned to
individual layers in each layer’s
contextual menu.)
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