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Introduction to Photoshop: An Essential Guide for Absolute Beginners
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Introduction to Photoshop: An Essential Guide for Absolute Beginners

by Kevin Wilson
December 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
272 pages
5h 17m
English
Apress
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K. WilsonIntroduction to Photoshophttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-8963-1_5

5. Layers

Kevin Wilson1  
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WIDNES, UK
 

A layer is a transparent canvas where you can add text, images, and other graphics independently. Layers are piled on top of each other in a stack to form the complete image or design.

You can think of a layer as a transparent sheet of glass or acetate stacked on top of another. You can see the sheets underneath through any transparent areas of the top sheet. Each layer contains its own graphics, text, or photographs depending on what the image is.

Photoshop allows you to build up complex designs using multiple layers to contain elements or objects ...

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