Adobe Photoshop CC Classroom in a Book (2019 Release), First Edition

4 Layer Basics

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In Photoshop, you can isolate different parts of an image on layers. Each layer can then be edited as discrete artwork, giving you tremendous flexibility as you compose and revise an image.

Lesson overview

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to do the following:

• Organize artwork on layers.

• Create, view, hide, and select layers.

• Rearrange layers to change the stacking order of artwork.

• Apply blending modes to layers.

• Resize and rotate layers.

• Apply a gradient to a layer.

• Apply a filter to a layer.

• Add text and layer effects to a layer. ...