Inside Photoshop® CS

Summary

Layers, Adjustment Layers, clipping layers, layer comps, channels, alpha channels—heady stuff, but you'll agree that there are associations galore between all these features, right? If you understand only the basics, your adventures in Photoshop will definitely be more rewarding, and you'll work quicker and more expertly with the knowledge of these niceties tucked firmly under your belt.

Coming up: all the ways you can create, save, and manipulate selections. You already know where selections are saved (answer: channels), but did you know that the core of Photoshop's power lies in the ways you can choose a selection? Better image editing and seamless, believable photo-trickery are yours for the asking, if only you turn the page!