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Jim Hefley
Participating Frequently
Nov 3, 2010 12:49 AM UTC
Question

How do I display the Layers Panel?

I am a new user of  Photoshop Elements 8. On the Adobe website Help, it says "to show the Panel Bin, choose

Window>Panel Bin"a, which should then display Effects in the top section and Layers in the lower section.
However, when I do this, which essentially puts a check mark by Panel Bin, nothing else happens, and the Panel

Bin does not appear on the right side of my workspace. What do I need to do?

Thank you.

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dannyraphael
Participating Frequently
May 6, 2016 9:35 AM UTC

With ELEMENTS 14 I discovered one has to be in "Expert Mode" before the "Layers" button is displayed at the bottom right next to the FX, Graphics, etc. buttons.

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acrabtreegirl
Participant
Jan 8, 2018 11:00 PM UTC

Thanks. I was about to pull my hair out. Switching to "expert" did the trick. Now all my tools show up and the various options aren't grayed out.

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hatstead
hatstead
Inspiring
Jan 9, 2018 12:29 AM UTC

You may find this helpful, although it does not cover PSE2018 specifically.

https://helpx.adobe.com/archive/en/photoshop-elements/14/photoshop-elements_reference.pdf

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Barbara_B_
Inspiring
Nov 3, 2010 1:06 AM UTC

Try clicking Reset Panels at the top of the window, over towards the right side.

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Jim HefleyAuthor
Participating Frequently
Nov 3, 2010 2:01 AM UTC

Thanks for your suggestion. I did click on Window>Reset Panels. Nothing really happened, and no

check mark appeared next to Reset Panels like it does when you click on Window>Panel Bin. I must

be omitting some more macro setting or some other previous step that the instructions assume I have done.

On the Menu Bar at the far left it does display Photoshop Elements --however, I do not show a Shortcuts bar

like it shows in my Photoshop Elements5 for Dummies ( I don't have this book for Elements 8 but I assume

most of the basic stuff is still correct).

In the Photoshop class I recently attended, somehow the Layers Panel magically appeared on the screen of the

Dell PC we used in the class and we then moved on to learning the functions in the Tool Bar.

That is why it is so puzzling and so frustrating that I cannot get the Layers Panel to be displayed!

What else can you suggest?

Thanks, JIm

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    Barbara_B_
    Inspiring
    Nov 3, 2010 2:10 AM UTC

    I suspect you are not in Full Edit. Click the triangle to the right of  where it says Edit (in the orange section), and choose EDIT Full. If not, you'd better post a screenshot of exactly what you do see.

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    99jon
    99jon
    Legend
    Nov 3, 2010 1:05 AM UTC

    On the top menu click Window >Layers

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      Jim HefleyAuthor
      Participating Frequently
      Nov 3, 2010 2:06 AM UTC

      Thanks for your suggestion but as I indicated in my request for help, that is what I have done, and

      nothing happens. Is there some previous macro step that I should have done before clicking on Window-Panel Bin?

      Because when I do this exact step you recommend, the Panel Bin does NOT appear--nothing seems to happen.

      What else do you suggest?

      Thanks, Jim

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