{"id":326,"date":"2024-06-11T17:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T21:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/?p=326"},"modified":"2024-06-11T17:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T21:05:00","slug":"photoshop-layers-tutorial-1-23-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/2024\/06\/11\/photoshop-layers-tutorial-1-23-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Layers Tutorial #1 23-24"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Layers for Beginners | Photoshop CC Tutorial<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In a new document the default layer is white and locked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you see a checkerboard pattern that means that part of the document is transparent \/ there is nothing on it.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>There are different types of layers: shapes, text, image, paint, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The layer on top is the first layer visible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The shortcut key for the move tool is &#8220;V.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To blend layers, you can use a different blend mode in the drop-down menu &#8220;Normal.&#8221;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The New Layer button with the icon of a paper folded at the corner will create a new transparent layer that can be manipulated<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To manipulate which layer goes on top and behind, you can adjust their order in the layers panel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using the marque tool, you can draw a shape and select an area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To manipulate this layer you select the move tool and cut this area out of the layer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you have an area cut out of a layer, you can then move whatever is within that area around the image but only on the layer you have selected.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction to layers and layer masks in Photoshop<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The selected layer will always be highlighted.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The half-black half-white circle is the menu of adjustment options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you select an adjustment option, it creates a new top layer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The properties menu is used to make the edits for the adjustment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The highlighted layer will pop up in the properties menu.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you brush black on a layer&#8217;s mask, it will erase the adjustments made on that layer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To ensure the layer mask is selected, there will be a white outline on all four corners of the layer&#8217;s thumbnail.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Cozyclicks\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Layers for Beginners | Photoshop CC Tutorial Introduction to layers and layer masks in Photoshop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[3],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-photography"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.palcs.us\/palcsphoto\/swilson9\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}