How To Do Layers In Photoshop Elements. Since photoshop’s interface is so customizable, it’s very easy to accidentally close or misplace an important panel like the layers panel. To add more layers to your selection, hold control (windows) or command (macos) as you click other layers.
To group layers, you first select all the layers you want to group together, then click on the group layer icon at the top of the layers panel (here shown in the red box). To add a mask to a group, simply click on the group to activate it for editing and then click the layer mask button at the top of the layers panel. First of all, there are several types of layers as demonstrated in the graphic below.
