Layer Bounds View

If you have many small elements on individual layers, then the Layers palette might look like a sea of checkerboard. Photoshop CS2 allows you to have Photoshop crop the layer thumbnails so that they show the contents of a layer while ignoring any empty area surrounding the content. To get to this view, choose Palette Options from the side menu of the Layers palette and turn on the Layer Bounds setting (Figures 3.67 and 3.68).

Figure 3.67. The Layers palette using the Entire Document setting.

Figure 3.68. The Layers palette using the Layer Bounds setting.

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