Interface and Settings

The panel is accessible from Window > Extensions > Layer Factory Photoshop menu. Layer Factory consists of different modules with specific functions.

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Each module can be hidden from the panel if not used (and still accessible via Storage). Different settings can be set via Flyout or Settings menus in the panel bottom.

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Using the Panel

There’re two types of modules on the panel:

  1. List Modules (with lists of layer blending modes and adjustment layers)

  2. Square Modules (that contain several functions within them)

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List Modules

  • To change the visible items of a list module, use Select List Modules Items button in the bottom menu or in the flyout menu.

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Square Modules

  • Click a Square Module to access its context menu;

  • Square Modules can be expanded via Settings menu to have all the context menu items always visible;

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Fly-out menu

A number of settings and functions is can be set from Flyout menu.

  • Display All Hidden Modules will unhide all the modules;

  • Display Robo Helper will show the welcome screen;

  • Assign Hotkeys... will allow to assign hotkeys to different functions and send them as buttons to Brusherator;

  • Show Modules Tabs on the Panel: will toggle visibility of module names on top of the panel;

  • Hide Panel On Click: The panel will close after using any function. Works together with assigning a hotkey to toggle the panel. Alt+Click on a function will reverse this option (so the panel will close if the option is off and won’t close if it’s on);

  • Change Modules Options allows to hide and expand modules;

  • Select List Modules Items allows to select the items visible in List Modules (layers and adjustments);

Update 1.2.1 also has added some modules-specific settings:

  • Layer From Selection...: options for ignoring background layer and locking the transparency of the resulting layer;

  • Rename Labels...: rename color labes and toggle visibility of particular labels;

Update 1.3.0 also has added some more modules-specific settings:

  • New Layers...: option for the Blend If layer to use the active color or to select the layer to blend with with a color picker;

  • Multi-Liquify...: option to keep or rasterize smart objects;

Here’s an example of using the panel with Hide Panel On Click option turned on and calling it back using a hotkey:

Bottom menu

Some of the settings can be set from the bottom menu.

  • Hide Panel On Click: The panel will close after using any function. Works together with assigning a hotkey to toggle the panel. Alt+Click on a function will reverse this option (so the panel will close if the option is off and won’t close if it’s on);

  • Change Modules Options allows to hide and expand modules;

  • Select List Modules Items allows to select the items visible in List Modules (layers and adjustments);

  • Alternative Layout allows to switch between two different layouts of Layer Factory modules;

  • Storage provides access to the modules that are hidden from the panel;

  • Help will show this manual;

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Here’s the Storage showing the modules that were hidden from the panel:

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Everything from this page and more as a video: