From the course: Photoshop CC for Photographers: The Basics
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Duplicating a layer to create a special effect - Photoshop Tutorial
From the course: Photoshop CC for Photographers: The Basics
Duplicating a layer to create a special effect
There will be times when it's helpful to create a new layer and then to add some new content to that layer. Yet, there also will be situations where it will be helpful to duplicate a layer. To duplicate a pre-existing layer in order to be able to have some creative flexibility with the way that you work on your photographs. So here let's take a look at how we can duplicate a layer. We'll be working with this portrait. And what I want to do is I want to duplicate this layer so that I can apply a creative effect. A creative filter. I also want to duplicate it again so that I can apply a black and white effect. Well let's take a look at how we can do this. In the Layer's panel, we have our background layer. We can duplicate this or copy this by dragging this to the New Layer icon. And you can do this with any layer in Photoshop. Next you'll notice that I have an exact duplicate of this, it's called background copy. I'll change the name of this by double clicking into that name field…
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Introducing layers3m 48s
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Creating new layers6m 19s
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Duplicating a layer to create a special effect6m 44s
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Combining multiple images together as layers3m 34s
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Creating a layout of multiple images3m 37s
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Applying layer style effects8m 5s
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Changing layer opacity2m 25s
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Organizing and filtering layers3m 20s
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