Chapter 4. Thinking in Layers

Image

Creative functions are found in every nook and cranny of Photoshop, yet few are as significant as the layer and selection features. These tools—used both separately and in tandem—allow you to stretch the boundaries of your photographic vision by manipulating images in a dizzying variety of ways. Just about every task performed in Photoshop uses one or both of these functions.

Selection and Layers

SELECTION AND LAYERS are essential to nighttime photography and producing many projects discussed in this book. This chapter covers various methods for isolating picture components from a single image and constructing the ...

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