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Photoshop Elements 2023 For Dummies
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Photoshop Elements 2023 For Dummies

by Barbara Obermeier, Ted Padova
November 2022
Beginner content levelBeginner
496 pages
12h 49m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Working with Layers

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Using the Layers panel and the Layer menu

Bullet Working with the Select menu

Bullet Creating new layers

Bullet Moving, merging, transforming, and flattening layers

Bullet Adding layer masks

Using Elements without ever using layers would be like writing a book with a pen and paper pad: Sure, you could do it, but it wouldn’t be fun. An even bigger issue would occur when it came time to edit that book and make changes. Correction tape, correction fluid, and erasers would make that task downright tedious, not to mention messy. The benefit of using layers is that you have tremendous flexibility. You can make as many edits as you want for as long as you want, as long as you keep your composite image in layers. Layers make working in Elements a lot more productive. Don’t give a darn about productivity? Well, let’s just say that layers also make it a breeze for you to bring out your more artsy side.

This chapter explains the tools and techniques you need to start working ...

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