Layer Basics

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Locate and open the TrainingLesson02 folder in the Adobe Photoshop 5.0. application folder or on the tutorial CD. Then select End02.psd and click Open. …

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ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 5.0
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Layer Basics
Adobe?Photoshop?lets you isolate
different parts of an image on layers.
Each layer can then be edited as
discrete artwork, allowing unlimited
flexibility in composing and revising
an image.LAYER BASICS
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In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:
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Organize your artwork on layers.
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Create a new layer.
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View and hide layers.
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Select layers.
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Remove artwork on layers.
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Reorder layers to change the placement of artwork in the image.
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Apply modes to layers to vary the effect of artwork on the layer.
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Link layers to affect them simultaneously.
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Apply a gradient to a layer.
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Add text and layer effects to a layer.
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Save a copy of the file with the layers flattened.
Organizing artwork on layers
Every Adobe Photoshop image contains one or more
layers
; every new file is created with a
background,
which can be converted to a layer. You can view and manipulate layers in Photoshop
with the Layers palette.
All new layers in an image are transparent until you add artwork (pixel values). Working with layers
in Photoshop is analogous to placing portions of a drawing on sheets of acetate-individual sheets
of acetate may be edited, repositioned, and deleted without affecting the other sheets and when the
sheets are stacked, the entire drawing is visible.
Getting…