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Photoshop Magic Minute: Exploring Layer Bounds in Photoshop

  Meredith Stotzner dives into the Layers Panel and shares her tips for making layer thumbnails easier to see in Photoshop.   B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions. Canon, Nikon and Sony News, Deals and What’s New at The-Digital-Picture.com

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Seven Tips for Working with Layer Groups in Photoshop

  From the Adobe Photoshop YouTube Channel:   Learn tips for working with Layer Groups in Photoshop.   B&H carries Adobe Photography Plan subscriptions. Canon, Nikon and Sony News, Deals and What’s New at The-Digital-Picture.com

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How to Create an Antique Photo Look Using a Lemon and Layer Masks in Photoshop

Layers were presented for the first time in Adobe Photoshop in version 3.0, which launched in 1994. We take them for granted nowadays, but they were a total game changer at the time as they allowed image composites to be … Continue reading

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How to Blend in Adjustments Using Layer Masking in Photoshop

In a recent article called: Getting Started with Layer Masks in Photoshop – a Beginners Tutorial, I showed you the basics of layer masks and why they are such powerful tools. Layer masks are essentially what gives Photoshop layers much of their power. They … Continue reading

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Getting Started with Layer Masks in Photoshop – a Beginners Tutorial

Much of the power of Photoshop comes from its use of layers, which can best be thought of as transparency over your image. Layers have lots of benefits, like the fact that you can work on your image without affecting the pixels … Continue reading

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Dodge and Burn on a Separate Layer

How-To Most photographs can be improved with global adjustments. But quite often, local darkening and lightening tweaks can make the photo better. If you use the dodge and burn tools in Photoshop on the background layer, the changes are permanent. … Continue reading

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B&W Adjustment Layer

How-To Many photographers have explored the B&W Adjustment layer found in the more recent versions of Photoshop. But how many have dug deeper to realize there’s an infrared option in the pull-down menu? Open an original and click on the … Continue reading

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Dodge and Burn on a Separate Layer

How-To Most photographs can be improved with global adjustments. But quite often, local darkening and lightening tweaks can make the photo better. If you use the dodge and burn tools in Photoshop on the background layer, the changes are permanent. … Continue reading

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