This is one of the blend modes you can apply to layers in Photoshop, Elements and other image-editing programs. It can be used to adjust image contrast, or to apply dodging and burning techniques in a non-destructive way. The basic science [...]
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Layers are a way of combining images, text and shapes in Photoshop, Elements and other image-editing programs. There are different types of layer and different ways of combining them. The annotation below offers a guide to the main features.
1. This is [...]
A way of blending image layers in Photoshop which combines the brightness values in one layer to those of the layer below to produce a net lightening effect. The maths in blend modes can be confusing – the significant fact is [...]
This is the transparency (opacity) of a layer in Photoshop. Layers have a default opacity of 100%. You can reduce the opacity to make layers partially transparent.
A way of blending image layers in Photoshop. This mode multiplies the pixel values of one layer with those of the layer below to produce a net darkening effect. It’s analogous to sandwiching two slides together in a slide projector. There’s [...]
A montage is an image made of two or more photos combined. Most people use the term ‘montage’ pretty loosely, so it could mean a composite photo designed to look like a simple image, or a collection of photos arranged [...]
Masks protect or hide certain areas of the photo in Photoshop and other image-editing programs, and are related to selections. Indeed, masks are sometimes interchangeable with selections and may be saved permanently as part of the image, for example layer masks [...]
Layer styles add special effects to layers in Photoshop without altering any of the pixels in the layer. For example, you can add drop shadows or luminous ‘glow’ effects.
Layer masks are used to hide parts of an image layer in Photoshop . They’re not visible directly in the finished image, but they can be viewed and edited in Photoshop. Layer masks help you combine image layers in realistic ways. [...]
This is a picture made up of two or more combined. In Photoshop this would be done by adding images as layers and then using the selection tools, masks, blending modes or other methods to combine them in a realistic [...]
Blend modes control the way different layers in a composite image interact. This can prove very useful for more advanced image-editing techniques. In ‘Normal’ mode, one layer simply overlays and obscures the one below. In the other modes, the pixel values [...]
The base image layer in Photoshop. Digital camera images opened in Photoshop consist of this single ‘background’ layer when first opened. Some Photoshop tasks (such as transformations) can only be carried out on full image layers. You can convert a ‘background’ [...]
Adjustment layers are used to change the appearance of the layers underneath, without actually changing their contents, and you can undo or modify their effects at any time. Adjustment layers can be stacked on top of each other, re-ordered and deleted. [...]