Critical Thinking QuestionsCase C-2Professor Rigor likes to test his students during his lectures by purposely making factual errors for them to catch and correct. Today's lecture is an introduction to working with layers in Photoshop. When he discussed merging layers, Professor Rigor said that often, merging layers will increase file size. Freshman Brent Gwash was having none of that, and called out the error. What was it?

A. Merging has nothing to do with file size.
B. Merging layers actually reduces file size.
C. Only layer masks can be merged, not layers.
D. A sheepish Brent was wrong, as there was no error in the Professor's statement.

Answer: B