Hello,

I have Photoshop Elements 3 and am beginning to use layers to create some
simple images..

Some of the layers I create have 'chequered' backgrounds. Others do not.

I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can't figure out how.

Can you advise me please?

Thanks

KK

In article <ddq4fm$8h4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
"KK" <trebor@yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

> Some of the layers I create have 'chequered' backgrounds. Others do not.
>
> I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can't figure out how.

The checkered background indicates transparency.

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Thanks,

But what exactly do you mean? Is a chequered background transparent or
opaque, and how do I change it?

Thanks again

KK


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> In article <ddq4fm$8h4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
>  "KK" <trebor@yeleek.nospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>
> The checkered background indicates transparency.
>
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> Art, photography, shareware, polyamory, literature, kink:
> all at http://www.xeromag.com/franklin.html

edjh wrote:
> KK wrote:
> 
/snip/

If I wasn't clear, the checkered background means the layer is transparent.


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> edjh wrote: 
> /snip/
>
> If I wasn't clear, the checkered background means the layer is
> transparent.
>
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the checks are just a grid that is used as a guide. The grid sits under
everything you design on top.
They show through when you have no pixels (transparent areas) on top of
them. They won't print into your document.

In article <ddq4fm$8h4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>, trebor@yeleek.nospam.
freeserve.co.uk says...
>
>Hello,
>
>I have Photoshop Elements 3 and am beginning to use layers to create some
>simple images..
>
>Some of the layers I create have 'chequered' backgrounds. Others do not.
>
>I assume this is connected to opacity, but I can't figure out how.
>
>Can you advise me please?
>
>Thanks
>
>KK

As others have said, the "chequered backgrounds" indicate that there is
transparency in that Layer - the background is not something that prints, on
ly
shows YOU a representation of a condition. In PS, so I'm guessing in PE3, yo
u
can change how transparency is represented. In Edit>Preferences>Transparency
,
you can alter the visual of transparency. For instance, you could make it
white, but then that does not differentiate it from a background that IS
white, however, if printed on white stock, white reflects the absence of ink
,
or "transparency," but that might not help YOU tell which is which. A white
background on a Layer will obliterated all that is below it, if the Opacity 
is
100%. This might NOT be what you want. You can make the chequered effect
smaller, or larger, or even make it, say, a neon color, to tell YOU that it 
is
transparent. In the Layers, this means that everything below it will show
through. When working on multi-layered images, I'll often make transparency
show white, but then turn it back to default, once I'm done.

Hunt