- So far, we have accepted the fact that everything we do on the digital canvas happens on a single surface. If we are applying color, we cover up what's below forever. Of course, we can use Selections to protect particular areas of our image, but if we apply color, everything beneath it is covered up.
Now, one of the most fascinating aspects of the digital canvas is that you can actually work on separate layers. Under Window, we can open the Layers palette. And here it is, and as you can see we have a single layer. Each file in Photoshop must have at least one layer, and it's normally called Background, and if we paint on our digital canvas all the color is applied to this background layer.
But we can now create a new layer. With a little icon below here, it looks like a little sheet of paper, we create a new layer which is called Layer 1, but we can actually give it our own name, or you might guess what I'm going to do next. I'm changing my color, and I'm going to start to paint, and I'm going to paint a couple of hills in front of our cloud here in the background.
And you can already see here in the thumbnail image of the layer that these hills are now sitting on their own layer and this little eye icon here gives us the opportunity to hide the layer, and we can see that the cloud in the background actually wasn't covered up. The color application, our hills, were created on a separate layer.
And let's just create another one. And now we have two layers of hills, and our background layer. Everything sits on its own layer. Nothing got destroyed, and that is a wonderful way to work.
Author
Released
7/2/2015- Setting up your digital canvas
- Controlling the screen
- Choosing color
- Working with brushes, textures, and the Paint Bucket and Gradient tools
- Making selections
- Working in Quick Mask mode
- Stroking and filling paths
- Manipulating color
- Organizing the canvas with layers
- Digital drawing and painting projects
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome58s
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1. Setting the Digital Canvas
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Size in centimeter or inches2m 42s
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Size in pixels2m 32s
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More settings2m 18s
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2. Control of the Digital Screen
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Zoom and Hand tools5m 50s
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Rotate View tool1m 6s
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A second view2m 38s
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Summary1m 7s
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3. Tools for Choosing Color
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Color picker8m 42s
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Color palette1m 23s
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Swatches palette1m 5s
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4. Tools for the Application of Color
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Brush Tip Shape5m 36s
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Shape Dynamics5m 18s
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Scattering1m 37s
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Texture2m 10s
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Dual Brush1m 54s
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Color Dynamics5m 31s
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Transfer3m 15s
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Fade2m 21s
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Custom brush tips4m 55s
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Paint Bucket2m 4s
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Gradient4m 9s
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Blend modes5m 53s
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5. Supporting Tools
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Marquee tool4m 19s
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Lasso tool2m 47s
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Quick Mask mode4m 41s
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Adding a stroke to paths2m 24s
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Filling a path2m 57s
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6. Manipulating Color
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Hue/Saturation2m 18s
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Curves4m 1s
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Color Balance3m 14s
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7. Organizing the Digital Canvas
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Painting on separate layers2m 36s
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Locking transparent pixels2m 53s
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Group layers2m 27s
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Eraser tool1m 16s
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Layer masks3m 38s
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8. Digital Drawing
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Perspective Grid7m 23s
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Rough sketch4m 27s
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Final Drawing: Part 13m 3s
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Final Drawing: Part 24m 33s
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Final Drawing: Part 34m 55s
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9. Colored, Digital Drawing
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Rough sketch5m 15s
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Final Drawing: Part 13m 25s
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Final Drawing: Part 22m 32s
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Shading in grayscales3m 47s
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Using coloring layers4m 33s
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Finishing touches8m 48s
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10. Digital Painting
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Color composition7m 5s
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Rough sketch6m 2s
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Painting the midground5m 33s
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Painting the palace6m 30s
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Painting the far background5m 54s
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