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CC 2019 Greyed out canvas extension colour with layer

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
January 11, 2019
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I am relatively new to photoshop. I am having an issue changing the canvas extension colour when attempting to reflect an image on the 2019 version.

I follow the below steps up to this point. However, the section to change the canvas colour is greyed out.

- Ctrl J - To Duplicate the Layer

- Ctrl T - To Free Transform the New Layer

- I then Flip the image Vertical

- Ctrl Alt C - To extend down (it is here in photoshop 2015 I could change from the transparent grid to the white background)

Any help would be much appreciated.

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davescm

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Hi

You only get the background colour options if you have a background layer as your bottom layer (with the lock). If it is an ordinary layer (e.g. layer 0) then the extension will be transparent.

Dave

michaelm5348604Author

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Hi Dave,

I'm not sure that I am doing this correctly. Could you point me in the right direction?

A

Anonymous

Open your image and leave it as a background layer, when you open it, it should look like this

After copying and flipping you should have this

A

Anonymous

Hi

Just tested here on CC 2019 and it's working fine, can you post a screenshot with all the pertinent panels opened

michaelm5348604Author

Participant

Hi Ged,

I hope this helps.

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Anonymous

Hi

Dave just answered your question above

You need a background layer like this

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