{"id":12693,"date":"2021-10-10T22:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/2021\/10\/10\/how-to-unlock-background-layer-in-photoshop-cs5\/"},"modified":"2021-10-10T22:21:12","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T22:21:12","slug":"how-to-unlock-background-layer-in-photoshop-cs5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepicpedia.com\/photoshop\/how-to-unlock-background-layer-in-photoshop-cs5\/","title":{"rendered":"How to unlock background layer in photoshop cs5"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. Select Layer > New > Layer from Background.<\/li>\n
  2. Give the layer a name and select OK.<\/li>\n
  3. The new, unlocked layer will replace the background layer in the palette.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/p>\n

    You asked, how do you unlock a layer in Photoshop cs5? First you must click the layer that you want to unlock, then simply click the lock icon at the right of the layer name and drag the lock to the Trash icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. If you remove the lock from the Background layer, Photoshop will rename that layer to Layer 0.<\/p>\n

    Correspondingly, how do you unlock a locked background in Photoshop? Posted in: Tip Of The Day. A quick way to unlock the background layer is by clicking on the padlock icon and dragging it to the trash. An even quicker way is to hold down the Alt (Mac: Option) key and double click the padlock! After Photoshop CC 2014, you can simply click on the padlock to unlock.<\/p>\n

    Similarly, how do I remove a locked layer in Photoshop?