# PhotoshopElements

# Create a clipping group

1. Do one of the following:

   - Hold down Option, position the pointer over the line dividing two layers in the Layers palette (the pointer changes to two overlapping circles ), and then click.

   - In the Layers palette, select the top layer of a pair of layers you want to group, and choose Layer > Group With Previous.

2. When making a clipping group from an existing layer and one you are about to create, first select the existing layer in the Layers palette. Then choose New Layer from the Layer menu or the Layers palette More menu. In the New Layer dialog box, select Group With Previous, and click OK.

   The layers in the clipping group have the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost base layer in the group.

   If you need to change the stacking order of the clipping group relative to other layers in the image, select all layers in the group, then drag the group’s base layer up or down in the Layers palette. (Dragging a layer without selecting all the layers in the group will remove that layer from the group.)

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