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Photoshop Layers: Professional Strength Image Editing
Harness the Power of Photoshop Layers in Your Photography(A new edition of this book is now available - "Mastering Photoshop CC Layers")Concise, easy to follow steps makes learning Photoshop a snapIf you want to achieve professional results, use professional techniques. Layers, Layer Masks and Blending Modes are the tools of choice amongst professional image editors.
In this concise book, Landscape Photographer Robin Whalley guides us through these essential tools and techniques. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the photographer, this guide is packed with easy to follow examples and advice.
How this book will help youThe book is arranged into three
Section 1 explains how to work with layers and how you can apply their power to your photography.Section 2 looks at using masks together with layers. You will learn how to easily target adjustments onto precise areas of an image. You will also learn powerful techniques to create complex masks with ease. The section concludes with a detailed example, combining two images seamlessly into one.Section 3 examines how Photoshop blending modes can be used with layers. It will help you quickly understand the different blending modes, what they do and how you can use them. Several blending mode recipes are presented to reinforce your understanding of the different modes. The section concludes with a powerful demonstration of blending modes, combining photography and image textures into beautiful digital art.To support the book’s many examples, Robin provides the images. These can be downloaded from his website, allowing you to practice on your own computer. This is a concise book focused on helping you develop your Photoshop skills. Don’t waste valuable time, needlessly wading through pages of filler content.
If you want to learn Photoshop Layers fast, read this book.
The techniques in this book can be used with any version of Adobe Photoshop supporting layers, including the latest Creative Cloud release. Please note, the book doesn’t apply to Elements or Lightroom.
In this concise book, Landscape Photographer Robin Whalley guides us through these essential tools and techniques. Specifically designed to meet the needs of the photographer, this guide is packed with easy to follow examples and advice.
How this book will help youThe book is arranged into three
Section 1 explains how to work with layers and how you can apply their power to your photography.Section 2 looks at using masks together with layers. You will learn how to easily target adjustments onto precise areas of an image. You will also learn powerful techniques to create complex masks with ease. The section concludes with a detailed example, combining two images seamlessly into one.Section 3 examines how Photoshop blending modes can be used with layers. It will help you quickly understand the different blending modes, what they do and how you can use them. Several blending mode recipes are presented to reinforce your understanding of the different modes. The section concludes with a powerful demonstration of blending modes, combining photography and image textures into beautiful digital art.To support the book’s many examples, Robin provides the images. These can be downloaded from his website, allowing you to practice on your own computer. This is a concise book focused on helping you develop your Photoshop skills. Don’t waste valuable time, needlessly wading through pages of filler content.
If you want to learn Photoshop Layers fast, read this book.
The techniques in this book can be used with any version of Adobe Photoshop supporting layers, including the latest Creative Cloud release. Please note, the book doesn’t apply to Elements or Lightroom.
- GenresPhotographyNonfiction
142 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 26, 2015
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April 22, 2025
This book is self-published by Robin Whalley, a UK-based landscape photographer, so the images that illustrate this book are all his own, and there are links to his page and online tutorials at: https://lenscraft.co.uk. The book focuses on just the layers part of Photoshop, and as such is not the best for Photoshop novices like myself (to supplement another book on PhotoshopCC and Lightroom CC that I already have.) The book focuses on Layers in precise language with many step-by-step examples. The book assumes some familiarity with the massive photo and imaging application that is Photoshop. This is the 2018 revised edition (different cover too), it does miss out on some of the latest upgrades to Photoshop, but Whalley has other later book and videos on this web page. (Rating: 3.7-4.1/ of 5.0 stars)
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