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​Lesson 6 - Objectives 3-5 (Tuesday)

B06-03 Skill: Moving layers and transforming layers

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Video: Moving Layers and Transforming Layers (9:08)

B06-04 Skill: Organizing layers and layer groups

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Video: Organizing Layers and Layer Groups in Photoshop CC (13:57)

B06-05 Skill: Merging, rasterizing, and flattening layers in Photoshop

Merging layers together means that you are going to irrevocably combine the two or more layers into one single layer. (Well, you can undo it) You will lose the advantage of having multiple layers. To merge two or more layers, first select them, and then either open the layers panel menu and choose merge layers - or use the shortcut key - Command-E (CTRL-E on PC). 

Flattening an image will merge all the layers into 1 single layer. Again, you are going to lose the advantage of having layers. Again, you can undo this. But if you save the file - your layers are gone. Period. You can choose to flatten an image by going to the Layers Panel menu and choose Flatten Image.
I would strongly suggest avoiding losing your layers by merging or flattening an image. If you need to flatten an image, save a copy of it as a JPG file. JPG files are flattened.

Sometimes you need to rasterize a layer. In other words, you need to change a smart object, text layer, or vector shapes layer into a pixel layer. You can rasterize a layer by right clicking on the layer and choose Rasterize Layer. If you do this, you lose the advantages of the former layer type, but gain the advantage of being able to work with just pixels.

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