Among important features of photoshop, one of the most important is "Layers". Many or, I should say, most of the photoshop users (beginners) have problem in understanding the concept of layers, even I also faced many problems. They have some or the other confusion which leads to unwanted problems in image editing.
"Layers" is one of the most important features and very easy to understand. Without the knowledge of layers, one should not even imagine pro like image editing in photoshop. At the end of the post you'll surely say that how I was confused with such an easy thing.
Here was some introduction, now, lets directly come to the point without wasting any more time.
The Concept of Layers
"Layers" is one of the most important features and very easy to understand. Without the knowledge of layers, one should not even imagine pro like image editing in photoshop. At the end of the post you'll surely say that how I was confused with such an easy thing.
Here was some introduction, now, lets directly come to the point without wasting any more time.
The Concept of Layers
- Layers are used to reduce the effect of mistakes, and preventing the original image from being damaged. You can protect the image by creating a new layer. To create a new layer go to Layer > New > Layer or press Shift + Ctrl + N. After creating a new layer, whatever changes you will make in the image will be applied on the layer and if something goes wrong just delete the layer and you'll get back your original image. To delete the layer, just select the layer from the layers panel on right and press delete or right click on it and select delete layer and you're done. In other case, if you do not create a new layer before editing then editing will be done directly on the image and if any wrong thing happens you'll not be able to recover the original image.
- Also layers can be used to make changes only to a particular part of an image. Let us take some example. Suppose you have a person's portrait in which you want to make changes only to eye. So, select only the eyes using any of the selection tools and then copy them to a new layer. To copy the selection directly to the new layer, press Ctrl + J. Now any changes made by you in the new layer will only be applied to the eyes and rest of the image will remain untouched. In this way you can edit many different parts of image by creating as many layers. Your background will remain untouched until you make any changes to background layer.
- Layers are also very helpful in combining or adding two or more images to the original image. For example, if you have a garden background image and want to add plants or trees to it just select the appropriate image or cut it out from other image and paste in the original image. When you paste a different image in original image, photoshop automatically paste it on new layer. Also, you can move layers above or below other layer by just dragging them up or down according to your need. If suppose you pasted two different objects "A" and "B" on an image and want object "A" to appear below "B", just move the object "A" layer below "B", you're done.
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