Using Layers in Photoshop – a Comprehensive Beginners’ Tutorial Every image in Photoshop is made of layers, and the manner in which these layers are designed and then stacked together is what gives the image its appearance and appeal. As such, using layers in Photoshop should be common knowledge for every Photoshop users.
Here is a brief but comprehensive Photoshop beginner tutorial on how to use layer in Photoshop.
The layer panel The layers panel in Photoshop not only gives you access to the layers, but it also comes with a wide range of features that make manipulating and designing these layers simple. It allows you to create, design, and re-design layers in addition to other things such as:
• Creating a new layer You may find it necessary to add a new layer to an image in order to achieve certain effects and appearances. This will require you to create a new layer. There are two ways to do this –click on the upper right corner of the layer panel and from the resulting menu select “new layer”.