Monday 26 November 2012

Layers in photoshop



The layer palette is the section of photoshop that holds all of the layer options.

Layer stack is what shows you the order of the layers and it allows you to combine your images and keep them in order, you can also change the order if you wish.

New layer is what allows you to add a new layer to your sequence which appears above the current layer.

Opacity is what controls the visibility and transparency of each layer.

Transform is what allows you to change the scale of the image, it also allows you to distort, warp, rotate and flip the images.

Copy and Paste = New Layer - by using the marquee tool you can select a certain part of the image to copy, when you paste that part back into the image it create a new layer in the layer stack.

Layer Styles is the tool that allows you to change the look of the image or text. You can bevel, emboss and add shadows and overlays to give the image depth.

Blending modes is what allows you to dissolve and blend your images into each other in a variety of different ways. Including different ranges of opacity and colour, depending on the original colours.


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