Introduction to Photoshop for Illustrators

Overview

“Layers are one of Photoshop’s most powerful and useful features. We will learn what they are, how to use them and different ways to organise them. ”

In this video lesson Gemma Gould addresses the topic: Layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 1: Introduction. Explore the interface and get to know your tools.

Partial transcription of the video

“PHOTOSHOP FOR ILLUSTRATORS / COURSE 1 LESSON 5 Layers In this unit I'll show you the function of layers, how to create them and how to organise them. Let's have a look. Layers are one of the most useful and important features of Photoshop. We can view and edit these in the Layers panel. Layers can be imagined as a stack of transparent acetate sheets. Those at the top are in front of the layers below them. Any transparent areas, that is, areas without filled pixels, will show up as a checked pattern on the layer preview and we can see through these transparent areas to the layers below. Buil...”

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