Quicker way to create "white layers"

[Guest]

For the kind of work I am doing in photoshop, I want a clean page and not a transparent/clear overlay. I am having to create a new layer and fill it with white every 2 minutes. I would like it if there was a way to tell photoshop to create a new layer automatically filled in with the background color. Can someone help me out with this? Can someone help?

[Chris Cox]

Create an action to do that, and assign a key to the action.

[_scott__]

Command-Option-Shift-N, Command-delete.

New layer, fill with backround.

[Michael_L_Hale]

[SW] wrote:

Command-Option-Shift-N, Command-delete.

New layer, fill with backround.

That assumes the background is white. If you add assign a function key to the action, Chris's suggestion would create a new white layer with a single key press regradless of the foreground/background colors.

[_scott__]

True.. but re-read the inital post....

if there was a way to tell photoshop to create a new layer automatically filled in with the background color.

Both methods work. Each has it's benefit. I prefer using existing shortcuts rather than depending upon custom actions when it's possible.

[Michael_L_Hale]

Yeah, I missed that.And you are right there are many ways to do most things in Photoshop.

I think if I had a workflow that required I create a new white layer 'every 2 minutes' I would create an event script that would automatically fill any new art layer with white.

[Conrad_C]

Michael L Hale wrote:

[SW] wrote:

Command-Option-Shift-N, Command-delete.

New layer, fill with backround.

That assumes the background is white. If you add assign a function key to the action, Chris's suggestion would create a new white layer with a single key press regradless of the foreground/background colors.

If you want to use existing shortcuts, just press D before pressing Command-Delete. Pressing D resets the foreground/background color swatches to their defaults, and the default background swatch is white, setting you up nicely for Command-Delete.

But I like the event script idea.

[PECourtejoie]

Hello!

If you are not afraid of Keystrokes the following combination would indeed create new white layers "D, Command-Option-Shift-N, Command-Delete"

I guess that the placement of the layer is important, otherwize, if the background layer is still white, you could do Option+, to target the Bg layer, Command+J to jump it to a new layer.

The script events that Conrad alludes to is the Script Events Manager: you could create an action that fills the layer with white, and triggeer it with the creation of a new layer: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7419a.html for the help files, or http://www.heathrowe.com/eventsscriptmanager.aspx for a good step by step.

[Guest]

Thanks so much guys, All this is really helpful. Really appreciate it.