Modifying the Layer
Lesson 1
Chapter 10
Working with Layers
Layers are images that are stacked together with each layer containing different kinds of elements of the image
Layer are important for creating a new look in images or creating a background.
Working with Layers
Layers can be adjusted individually or by group depending on your project.
You can hide a layer by clicking the Eye button on the left side.
Layers Menu- contains various commands that you can apply to create, modify, arrange and edit your layers.
Layers Panel-contains the layers name which allows you to modify each layer.
Merging Layers- combines images of two or more separate layers.
Flattening Layers- combine all layers in the image into one layer.
Adjustment Layer- you can make to one layer instead of doing it to the whole image.
Linking Layers- create a single moving layer and two separate. It keeps also a combination of layers aligned to each other without merging or flattening layers.
Topics of the Lesson
Opacity and Fill The Blending Modes
Opacity the degree by which an active layer
obscures or reveals the layer beneath it
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Adjusting the Opacity
Step 1
Click on the layer
Adjusting the Opacity
Step 2
Specify the value of opacity
Fill
adjusts the opacity of the layer without changing the opacity of the applied layer effects
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Adjusting the Fill
Step 1
Click on the layer
Adjusting the Fill
Step 2
Specify the value of fill
Blending Modes
a Photoshop feature that determines how the pixels of a layer will interact or blend with the pixels of the underlying layers
Blending Modes
base color– the color beneath the active
layer
blend– the color of the active layer
composite– the combination of base and
bled colors
Blending Modes
blend colorbase
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