PaintShop Photo Pro X3 for Photographers

CHAPTER 6

Combining Images — Layers and Masks

What's Covered in this Chapter

• This chapter is all about layers. We've already come across layers in earlier chapters and in some of the step-by-step projects, and we've seen how you can use Adjustment layers to make editable changes to image tones and color.
• Layers are extremely useful as they allow you to combine different elements — photos, text, and graphics — all in the same document. Layers are a little like sheets of tracing paper in a pad — you can see through the topmost layers to those below. PaintShop Photo Pro X3's Layers palette allows you to organize layers into groups, shuffle them ...