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Selecting opaque areas on a layer
You can quickly select all the opaque areas on a layer within the layer boundaries. This is useful when you want to exclude transparent areas from a selection.
To select all opaque areas on a layer:
Do one of the following:
In the Layers palette, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the layer thumbnail.Right-click (Windows) on the layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.
Layer pixels loaded as selection
To add the pixels to an existing selection, press Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift Mac OS), and click the layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.To subtract the pixels from an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or Command+Option (Mac OS), and click the layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.To load the intersection of the pixels and an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift (Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS), and click the layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.
Using Layers >
Editing layers > Selecting opaque areas on a layer
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