Clipping Multiple Layers

[austinmdiamond]

Hi!

How do you "stack" clipping layers? For example, I want to:

1) paint a big green blob

2) clip a new layer to this and then make dark green dots inside it on the new layer

3) clip a new layer to the dark green dots so i can paint yellow over just the dark green dots

How would I do this? When I try adding the third layer for #3, it clips to the root layer of the big green blob, rather than just to the dark green dot layer.

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Clip the upper yellow dots layer to the middle dark green dots layer. Select both layers and create a smart object layer.

Clip the smart object layer to the big green blob layer.

[Chuck Uebele]

Stephen's method is a bit awkward, but I think that's about the only way it can be done. Stacking clipping mask always clips to the base layer.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Another alternative would be using a Layer Mask on a Group containg the different Clipping Groups. 

Whether it is useful depends on the situation, but as you seem to have spoken about Layers with flat color areas it might.