Basic Photoshop: Layers

In this video we break down one of the fundamental elements of Photoshop; layers. If you don't understand layers and how to use them, you will have a very hard time working and becoming proficient in Adobe Photoshop. Let's take a look and dive in!

[georgeparrack]

This 67 year old newb has been struggling through multiple disciplines as I effort to break into astrophotography. New t7i, Sky Guider Pro, book/ magazines, and online courses have provided for a slow, steep learning curve. These RMSP live stream on AP and short segments on, in particular Ps and Lr have really offered insight through a logical progression of training. Thanks.

[christalsteele]

Again, as always, you are awesome at making difficult concepts seem easy. Great explanation! Keep up the great work!

[roxydeebell]

I have tried  to understand layers in Photoshop forever.  Thank you for explaining it so I could understand them!  You are an AWESOME instructor!

[liz]

Thank you! I asked and I received! I finally get it. This is the best explanation I have found. When will you produce the masking, and can you talk about merging layers also?

[frankcich]

I am aware of the distinctions, but you offered the best explanation of what a layer is.

[jessebellotti]

Yes thank you very much! This content and its style is exactly what I am looking for in tutorials. And I second Craig's request. I can't afford Ps or Lr but I am trying to understand the concepts and apply them to Gimp.

[dangerspouse]

This was great! I just got PS/LR last week, and this helps quite a bit. Thank you. (And you're right: "White Chocolate Dipped in Dark Chocolate Belgian Cookie Button" is MUCH less cumbersome than "Layer > Adjust Layer".)

[ccbphoto]

Thanks much for this video. I hope you make more aimed at the beginner.

[thekrackenx]

I have a question! What happens when I drag a layer onto another layer, I been moving my layers and accidently selected another layer with a previous layer and it got this weird arrow. What is that?