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Converting the flat Background to a layer - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop One-on-One: Fundamentals
Converting the flat Background to a layer
- [Instructor] All right, now we're going to begin creating this layered composition. It's just five layers. So it's not all that tough. However, by necessity, we will be visiting tools and commands that we'll revisit in future chapters. All right, so we're going to start with this flat photographic image right here. Now notice I've given you a couple guidelines. That'll help in the positioning of the shark's eye. And if you were to go to the Window menu and choose Paths, then you'll see I'm also providing you with these vector-based path outlines that we'll use to create the shark layer. However, if I switch back to the Layers panel by clicking on its tab, the one thing we don't have is any layers. We just have this flat background. And that's because the JPEG format, which you can see is at work up here in the title tab, while it permits guidelines as well as path outlines, it does not permit layers. Which is why…
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The layered composition1m 42s
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Introducing the Layers panel5m 18s
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Converting the flat Background to a layer4m 54s
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Jumping an image onto a new layer3m 28s
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Flipping and scaling a layer2m 53s
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Adding a vector-based layer2m 11s
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Creating a basic layer mask6m 15s
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Clipping one layer inside another4m 3s
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Merging two layers into one4m 58s
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Auto Select and the Move tool3m 41s
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Inverting a layer mask4m 51s
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Adding depth with layer effects4m 9s
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Softening a mask with Feather2m 47s
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Three ways to copy and paste layers4m 54s
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Auto-zooming one or more layers2m 38s
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