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"Layers - The Backbone of
Photoshop"
By David Peters
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how to quickly and easily master the basics of photoshop in just 2 hours and
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"Layers - The Backbone of
Photoshop"
Adobe Photoshop is not cheap. There are certainly more
affordable photo editing software applications available on the Internet but
there are reasons why Photoshop is so popular among professional web designers,
photographers, and graphic design specialists.
The ability of Photoshop
to allow you to work in layers makes otherwise complex designs easy.
If
you are learning how to use Photoshop to do your graphic designs than make sure
you pay special attention to the section on how to use layers.
To
illustrate how layers work imagine you have a piece of paper. This piece of
paper is your background. You could leave the background white or paint it any
color you wish. Now, let’s assume you want to add a photograph of a
sunset.
Your photograph of the sunset is on a transparent paper and you
lay it over the top of your background. The sunset image is on your first layer.
Now, let’s assume you want to add some text.
Your text is on another
sheet of transparent paper and you lay it over the top. This is your second
layer. You can add as many layers as you wish. You can also change the order of
the layers.
For example, if you decide you want the text layer to be
behind the sunset layer you can move the layers easily with a few clicks of the
mouse.
This is essentially the same way you create graphics and complex
images in Photoshop.
The beauty of layers is that if you decide for
instance that you don’t want a sunset and you would rather have an image of a
beach you can simply delete the sunset layer and add an a new layer for the
beach image without disturbing the background or the text layer.
Working
in Photoshop with layers allows you to experiment without fear of damaging your
original image. Layers also allow the user to make changes without disrupting
other elements of the image.
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"A File Format for Every
Occasion"
By David Peters
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"A File Format for Every
Occasion"
As you learn and become more familiar with Adobe Photoshop
you will likely notice that Photoshop allows you to save images in many
different formats or file types.
Having a working knowledge and
understanding of these different image formats is essential to making the most
of your digital photo projects.
While they are many different image
types the following is a description of the most common file types you will use
when working in Photoshop.
Digital Image File
Formats
PSD
If you use Photoshop for your digital photo editing
then PSD is probably the most important file format that you need to know. A PSD
file is a Photoshop file format and is your best option when working on digital
photos for two main reasons. First of all, PSD files allow the user to work in
layers and channels and save work being done without compressing the layers.
This of course usually results in a large file size. Secondly, PSD files do not
lose image quality as you work on images because there is no compression when
the file is saved resulting in lost data. It is always best to save your work as
a PSD file until your image is finished and then you can save into the format
most appropriate for your project.
JPEG
JPEG, which stands for
Joint Photographic Experts Group, is one of the most common and well known file
formats. JPEG files are good for web use as well as a variety of applications
due to their small file size. Due to compression JPEG images loss data (image
quality) each time change the file is saved.
GIF
GIF, or
Graphics Interchange Format, is a popular file format for web use and other
Internet applications. These files are typically small in size and load quickly
in Internet browsers. GIF files are limited to a maximum of 256 colors.
TIFF
TIFF, or Tagged Image File Format, are high quality images
but are not really used that often and are not good for Internet use.
Although there are more file formats than we have listed here these are
the formats you will want to use in your Photoshop photo editing projects.
For the most part, the only formats you will use on a regular basis are
PSD, JPEG, and GIF.
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Photoshop In Under 2 Hours With Easy To Follow Instantly Accessible Online Video
Tutorials.
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"Learning Photoshop - The
Toolbox"
By David Peters
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"Learning Photoshop - The
Toolbox"
Learning to use Photoshop does not have to be difficult. In
fact, the more you learn about Photoshop and the wide range of applications
available the more excited you will be able the possibilities for creating
professional quality images and graphics for web sites, marketing materials and
more.
The Photoshop toolbox is where it all happens. Almost every single
thing you do in Photoshop will involve using tools from the toolbox.
Learning to use the Photoshop toolbox will require a good Photoshop
tutorial but the following should give you an idea of the functions
available.
The following are a list of the tools included in the
Photoshop toolbox and their applications. This is not a comprehensive list but
includes the most commonly used tools.
Marquee tool
This tool is
part of the selection tool and allows the user to selections.
Move
tool
The move tool is used to move layers and selected objects within the
canvas.
Brush tool
The brush tool paints brush
strokes.
History brush
You will want to learn to use the history
brush tool as it can take you back to the original state of the selection. You
have a lot off fun with this tool. Once you learn to use it properly you will be
amazed by the professional photo effects you can produce.
Eraser
tool
This tool erases solid colored areas.
Dodge tool
This
tool lightens areas of your picture selectively.
Burn tool
This
took make areas on your image darker. Burning and dodging are techniques that
were original practiced by photographers in traditional darkrooms for the
purpose of lightening or darkening images.
Type tool
The type tool
is used to put text on your image.
Type Mask tool
The type mask
tool is a tool located on the toolbar that allows you to create a selection in
the form of text or type.
The real benefit of Photoshop over some of the
lesser photo editing software applications is the toolbox. Many of the cheaper
photo editing programs do not provide such a wide selection of tools allowing
the user to have total control over the creative process.
Photoshop puts
total control over your final image in your hands. That is why so many
professions use Photoshop.
Author David Peters: Master The Basics Of
Adobe Photoshop In Under 2 Hours With Easy To Follow Instantly Accessible Online
Video Tutorials.
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