Where is the chain and the white box

Question

i am using cs5 and i am still learning as u will see
when i add a new layer i dont get the little chain and the white box which prevents me from using the for example the fill in the edit menu
what can i do
i follow some tutorials and they have the little chain and the box automatically when they add a new layer

Answer 1

Hi,
You are asking in the wrong forum but the answer is that you the layer mask isn't automatically added when you create a layer. The authors of the tutorials are pressing the add layer mask button at the bottom of the layers palette. The CS5 Help page I have linked below shows where to locate this button.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WSfd1234e1c4b69f30ea53e41001031ab64-7866a.h tml
Note: You can not add a layer mask to a locked background.
Edit: A mask does appear automatically if the author is adding an adjustment layer. The adjustment layers with mask are accessed in the layers palette under the black and white icon. If you do an adjustment from the menu bar the mask does not appear. Maybe, this is where you are getting confused. Info about adjustment layers and where they can be found in CS5 are linked below.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/WS5A7BAC5F-EF4C-4fd1-94BB-6ACA59C8E73Fa.htm l
The Photoshop forum is split by OS. Links for the Photoshop forums can be found here:
http://forums.adobe.com/community/photoshop