Dive deep into the heart of Photoshop with this comprehensive video tutorial focused on mastering layers. Learn the fundamental concepts of layers, their importance, and how to manipulate them effectively. Explore various layer types, including raster, smart objects, adjustment layers, shape, and text layers. Follow along with fun projects to practice moving body parts, merging layers, adjusting visibility, and utilizing blend modes. Discover essential techniques such as duplicating layers, applying smart filters, creating adjustment layers, and working with layer groups. Gain insights into opacity shortcuts, transparency concepts, and masking techniques. Perfect for beginners, this lesson provides a solid foundation for creating anything you want in Photoshop through hands-on examples and practical tips.
Overview
Syllabus
The Concept of Layers
What Are Layers?
Important Downloads
Why Are Layers So Important?
Trick: Moving Body Parts
Merging Layers
Layer Visibility
Layer Zoom Feature
Don't See the Layers Panel?
The Concept of Background Layer
The Concept of Blend Modes
Just So You Know
Opacity Shortcuts
What About Fill?
The Concept of Transparency
Fun Project Intro
Duplicate Layer
Smart Filter
Delete Layer
Project Contd - Camera Raw, Select Subject, Add Text
Creating an Adjustment Layer
Project Contd - Alignment
Duplicate Selection
Project Contd - Fill Up Canvas
Duplicate Shortcut
Project Contd - Adding Grain, Color Lookup
Layer Group
Project Contd - Masking
Clipping Mask
Layer Thumbnail Size
Types of Layers - Raster
Types of Layers - Smart Object
Types of Layers - Adjustment Layer
Types of Layers - Shape and Text Layers
How to Learn
Taught by
PiXimperfect
