Digital Scrapbooking Tips

Is it spring where you live? One of my favorite things about this season is watching the new plants peek their little heads out of the ground – the promise of a new layer of growth in my garden.

As you are building a document in Photoshop and PSE, you often need to create a new layer_, too. With just a few keystrokes or clicks, you can give yourself a fresh, new layer to work with. With a document open, you can create a new transparent layer using one of these methods:

1. From the Menu Bar, select Layer > New > Layer.

2. Click once on the “Create a New Layer” icon in the Layers Palette. This creates a new transparent layer above the currently selected layer.

3. Press Ctrl + Shift + N (Mac: Cmd + Shift + N) on your keyboard. Like Method 2, this creates a new transparent layer above the layer that is currently selected.