From Photos to Art with Photoshop: An Illustrated Guidebook (Quick Start Guidebooks 1) by Judge Al

Author:Judge, Al [Judge, Al]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-13T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight — Layers

Overview

One of the things that you will often hear touted about Photoshop, is that it is non-destructive. If you approach your image editing PROPERLY, you can always go back and start over if you don’t like what you have done. I emphasize the word properly, because not everything in Photoshop is reversible and your choices will determine the degree of reversibility available to you. How you save your work will also be important.

One of the primary reasons for Photoshop’s non-destructive nature is LAYERS. Layers are like a stack of transparencies (clear acetate) with some detail on each sheet. If you have a source of light below the stack, you will see an image that is a composite of all the images on all the transparent sheets. If you shuffle the stack and place it back over the light source, you will see a composite image that is different from the original one. The amount of difference depends on what is on each sheet and how each sheet obscures something that is below it.

The versatility of layers is further enhanced by our ability to control how each layer is used. We can adjust size, opacity, and a number of other factors for each layer. We can also edit each layer individually and specify how they interact with each other.

There are five basic types of layers that we will be discussing in this chapter — Image Layers, Text Layers, Fill Layers, Shape Layers and Adjustment Layers. Each of these layer types plays an important role in creating an image that is more than the sum of its parts.

Chapter Eight Video Lesson http://youtu.be/F13d5b9KMHg

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