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hey guys welcome back again to another
techguru video I've got another quick
Photoshop tip and tutorial for you today
I've had many questions on how to do
this
the question is how do i unlock a layer
a background layer or any type of layer
how do i unlock a layer so there are a
number of ways of going about doing this
the simplest being going over to the
layer in the layers panel if your layers
panel is not open go to window and then
make sure the check mark is by the
layers option here once you've done that
double click on the layer and then it
will ask you to rename this layer and
always name it BG for background or you
can type out background it really does
not matter click OK and now as you see
that background layer is now unlocked
another thing you can do is you can
actually go up here and you can right
click on the layer and duplicate it just
like that and it'll be called background
copy click OK and now the copy of that
background is unlocked and you can go
back to the one that is locked and send
it to the trash can if you would like
and another way of going about doing it
would be selecting the lock layer and
then go to layer duplicate layer and
that will do the same thing as
right-clicking on that layer that is how
you unlock a layer now if you have
unlocked a layer and you want to lock
the layer back so you will not mess it
up all you need to do is select that
layer make sure it's highlighted and
then you will see a little lock right
here above the layer and just click on
that the layer is now locked hopefully
this has been a helpful hint and tip
tutorial for you guys in Photoshop if
you do have any questions on how to do
this or working with layers in general
put them in the comment box below I will
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