Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop’s Most Powerful Feature

Using Multiple Layers

COMBINING LAYERS FROM SEVERAL IMAGES TO BUILD MULTIPLE LAYERS IS WHERE THIS STUFF GETS REALLY COOL

The main idea behind this tutorial is using multiple images and getting used to the way layer stacking works. Working with one image is great, but things get much more useful when you start bringing multiple images into one Photoshop document. There are going to be plenty of times where you want to take a layer from one image and add it into the one you’re working on. A great example would be blending multiple photos together to create some type of collage.

Step 1: Open Several Photos that You’d Like to Combine

First off, open the photos that you’d like to combine into one image. Click on the File menu and choose Open. Then ...