Partially locked layer

I am using CS4. I have a partially locked layer. It is not the background layer. I partially locked it myself but forgot how I did it. How do I unlock it?

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I am working on a poster for a school project and I have come across something that I have never encountered before in the 4 years of photoshopping I have done. Its a "Partially locked layer". The layer is a text layer and the "lock" button in the layers pallet is off. I have been searching around for how to unlock this layer I have only found these on the "backround" layer not text layers and i cannot figure out ( nor can my teacher(s)) how to unlock it. I need to just transform and edit the text in this layer but am unable to due to the partial locking of the layer.
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Are either of the 2 icons in red down? If so click on them so they are not depressed.
If you accidentally used New>> background from layer (your layer would look like the screenshot above). In taht case thje text has been bitmapped, adn even releasing would release this bitmapped.
If this does not solve your problem, can you post a screenshot of your layers palette?

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I have a little "lock" icon in the right side of the layer, next to the fx. Rolling over it tells me the layer is "partially locked". How do I unlock this?

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None of the proposed ways works for me.
The little lock icons do not repond and the word Lock: is grayed.
Could it be because it is a .pdf document?
Doesn't work after I Save As .jpg either.
Nor if I first save it as .psd.

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I have not previoulsy experienced this problem. It just started.
1. I try to use any auto correction such as tone, and nothing appears to change
2. I see the small layers 'background' icon flashing as I do this into the black and white check pattern
3. It seems that the layer background is partially locked- (when I scroll my mouse over the 'lock' icon this is written)
Yet there is no icon above in 'lock' that is highlighted. So I cannot unlock it.
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Yes a background layer can not be unlocked for a background layer does not support transparency. So unlocking its transparency is invalid not an available option. You must convert the layer to a normal layer that supports transparency. If you want to transform its size, mask it, change its opacity etc..

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Good day!
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Just forget it. The background layer is as the background layer has always been, only adobe decided to confuse things by changing the way it's worded in the past couple of versions. Actually, it's more correct now--background layers have never been completely locked--you could always do many kinds of edits on them.

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Is there possibly something that I may have hit by mistake? An easy fix? Feeling frusterated and hoping to find help......
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Admittedly the transparent lock is rarely seen, but notice your little brush icon is now active. You've partially locked the layer (specifically, you've locked the image pixels). Just click that brush icon and you should be in business.
See this page for what the various lock icons do.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS1375CE44-C305-4d39-8CAF-7CF770557E6Ea.htm l#WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-78bfa
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We can only make conclusions based on what little you have described. GIGO.
We're only left to addressing the foolishness of the shoot as there is nothing that can further be said about a ridiculous hope of software. Do we recognize the silliness in supposing that you could supply a file that is both editable and not editable?
Adobe already offers some security options in PDF files (preventing copying, printing, editing, opening, etc), which are easily defeated. Hold your breath to wait for this stunningly ineffective technology to make it to other Adobe apps.
As this is such an issue for you, it may be time to reevaluate the business model of prints as a significant portion of your service. Home computers and Walmart's in-store photo printer have replaced most of your service, even if you forced the client to sign a piece of paper vowing not to duplicate. Photographers really need to focus on and charge appropriately for the craft of photography (like employing guards on windy, rainy days) and not try to be intellectual property managers for an end product that they really cannot control anymore.
You can enter feature requests here and then wait a year or so for the release cycle. How soon does your client need prints?

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No. They were both top-level layers during my latest attempt that finally worked. In response to your post just now, I tried doing it with sublayers. And with sublayers the problem re-emerged. I necessarily have multiple levels of sublayers to manage my assets, so I guess that's why it has failed for so long, but my earlier test (sans sublayers) worked. So it must be the sublayers that cause the issue.
When the problem happens boolean operations just fail to do anything, and trying to move an existing editable-layer object with a non-released object causes an outright crash.
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Locked Layer in Photoshop CS4

Hello,
I have a layer in photoshop that refuses to unlock. Doesn't matter how many times I click on the lock, it just keeps telling me it can't edit the layer because it's locked.
The file is in RGB and I just don't get it. So frustrating =[[

I've seen this before under certain circumstances. You can group layers together and select "Lock all layers in Group" from the flyout menu at the top right of the layers panel. At this stage, you can unlock the layers in the group through the same command.
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