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Filtering Layers filter layers by kind, 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. When Attributes is selected, you can choose from a
Use this menu to
with dozens — or even hundreds — of layers. Descriptive
Smart objects
names can help you navigate through the layers, but you
name, effect, mode,
attribute, or color.
Shape layers
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
associated buttons to show only certain types of layers
(adjustment layers, smart objects, etc.).
Click this switch number of layer attributes — visible, linked, clipped, etc.
to turn filtering
on and off.

Only layers that
meet the defined
filtering criteria
appear in the panel.
When Mode is selected, you can use the secondary menu to
find only layers to which a certain blending mode has been
When Name is selected, you can type in the attached field assigned.
to find layers with names that include the text you enter in
the field. The defined text string does not need to be at the
beginning of the layer name; for example, typing “ti” would
return both Rating and Title layers in the file for this project.

When Effect is selected, you can use the secondary menu
to find only layers with a specified effect (applied using the When Color is selected, you can choose any of the built-in
Layer>Layer Style submenu). 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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