Basic Layers Table Tutorial

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Topic: Photoshop

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Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual, eMatter Edition. Appendix D: Basic Layers Table Tutorial ... Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual. Part Two ...

 

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Basic Layers Table Tutorial Appendix D: Basic Layers Table Tutorial 501 Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual, eMatter Edition Appendix D appendix D Basic Layers Table Tutorial Learning to use layers is a little bit like learning how to set a table. As a matter of fact, setting the table is exactly what youre going to do in this tutorial. To get started, click on over to the Missing CD page (www.missingmanuals.com) and download the Table Tutorial folder. Youll find three images inside the folder: table.png plate.png silver.png This tutorial is divided into two sections. Part One takes you through the basics of working with regular layers. Part Two shows you how to use Adjustment layers to enhance your images. Part OneBasic Layers There are a million different reasons to use layers. You might want to apply fancy filters to a specific area or add text that, days or weeks later, you want to edit. But almost everyone experiences their first giddy, layer-induced thrill when they learn how to use layers to combine objects from different photos into one image. Thats what youll learn how to do in this tutorial; along the way youll find out how to put objects onto different layers and how to combine layers. Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual, eMatter Edition 502 Photoshop Elements 3: The Missing Manual Part OneBasic Layers 1. Start by opening table.png (see Figure D-1). Before you get to work, position the Layers palette so you can see it and your image at the same time. (See Chapter 6 for more on how to organize your Elements workspace.) Take a look at the palette and notice that you have only one layer nowthe one named Background. 2. Now its time to start adding layers to your image. Find and open plate.png. 3. Position plate.png so that you can see it and the tablecloth image at the same time. Drag the image windows to resize them if you need to. 4. Click on plate.png to make it the active window, if it isnt already. You can tell which window is active by ...