Rasterizing Layers:
Select the layer you want to rasterize in the layer view.
Select the Layers > Rasterize Layer menu item.
Your layer's contents have now been converted into pixels.
Sometimes, you may want to convert all of the vectors and effects in a layer to pixels, for more fine-grained editing. You can do this by rasterizing the layer.
Select the layer you want to rasterize in the layer view.
Select the Layers > Rasterize Layer menu item.
Your layer's contents have now been converted into pixels.