Photoshop - Lesson 3 - LAYERS Tutorial: What is Layer?

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Step 6) Hide part of image with Layer Mask

Now I want to hide some part of the image so for that instead of using the eraser tool you have to choose brush tool. And we can see that the layer mask is filled with white color so I’m gona paint with black color. You can notice that I’m doing the same thing what I have done before when using eraser tool.


But in this I haven’t deleted anything, I’m just hiding those pixels with the use of the layer masking in photoshop .

Look at the layer mask. it’s painted this area with black color and that black color is hiding what is on the layer.

If I press shift key and click on that layer mask then the mask will be disabled and it reveals everything on that layer. that means I have deleted nothing.

 

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So this was the basic concept of photoshop layer mask.

 

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Step 7) Blending Modes

Blending mode allows you to blend any layer with another below it. For example if I select this layer and go to blending mode and change it to overlay from normal.

 

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Look how it’s blend with the background image. You can try different blend modes.

But the good thing is the layer is not mixing up with the other layer. it is still separated. If I change the blend mode to normal then I can get my original image back as it was before.

These were all the basic concepts of layer system in photoshop.

We can add different things using layers in Photoshop, whether it is text, images, shapes, or in the latest version of photoshop, we can add even a 3D model in layer panel and work on it.

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Summary​

• Layers in Photoshop allow you to work non-destructively by stacking images on top of other images without interacting and mixing the pixels of images.
• When you create an image or open an image in photoshop it’s visible in layer panel.
• We can double click on locked layer to unlock a layer. It will show you a popup where you can change the name of that locked layer and then press ok.
• In layer panel you can see each layer has an eye symbol. by clicking on eye symbol you can turn on or off the layer.
• Photoshop Layer mask can hide or reveal pixels of a layer without deleting them.
• Blending mode allows you to blend any layer with another below it. For example if I select this layer and go to blending mode and change it to overlay from normal.