Mastering Photoshop Layers: A Photographer's Guide [Kindle Edition] Author: Juergen Gulbins | Language: English | ISBN:
B00H5AZVGG | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Photoshop's layers are arguably the most powerful aspect of the software's user interface and are the key to successful image editing in Photoshop. Layers allow for both global and local adjustments to images and can be used to create a number of special effects. Best of all, layers allow for nondestructive editing of your original image. New Photoshop users often see layers as too complicated, and they miss out on the program's full potential.
This book will remove the confusion factor by providing an in-depth introduction to layers. Clear, step-by-step instructions and illustrations help the reader quickly master the tools that are relevant for photographers.
In this book you will learn about:
- Working with and building multiple layers
- Blending layers and which Options to use
- Using layers to enhance and retouch your images
- Creating and using layer masks
- Creating luminosity and saturation layer masks
- Using Smart Objects and Smart Filters
- Advanced layer techniques
- Time-saving shortcuts, tips, and tricks
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- File Size: 57094 KB
- Print Length: 300 pages
- Publisher: Rocky Nook; 1 edition (December 6, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00H5AZVGG
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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I'm a little over 100 pages into this book's 300 pages of advice and practical exercises. It is one of those books where I'm sure I will work to the end.
I wonder if you will burst out laughing reading the Forward as I did. Here is a full page image of a re-enactor knight, trudging in the sun, dragging a heavy sword wearing layers of armored regalia, perhaps practical but ramshackle in appearance. The accompanying text: "Graphic designers build up complex images layer by layer, starting with the background and gradually adding elements and special effects until the image is complete." Point taken--because my own layers can be a mess.
One thing I like about the author's approach is that he makes room for all versions of Photoshop. He is not pushing the "latest thing" from Adobe as so many Photoshop books do. Where Photoshop versions diverge in relevant ways, Gulbins acknowledges the fact.
On the other hand, this book is definitely not for you if you are a Photoshop beginner requiring a bit more rigorous sequential approach to the examples. The author can be detailed in a careful way in some places, but most often he will specify an action or goal without being explicit. This can be frustrating to the inexperienced user since Photoshop offers so many options and configurations. When the author asked me to select an object in a photo of a calla lily in his "Color Splash" technique example, I did so--and found his subsequent steps and discussion to be absolutely incomprehensible. It was not until "step 5" that he revealed specifically what object he was working with. I had chosen the wrong object, therefore used the wrong selection technique and things went downhill from there. You know the situation, I'm sure.
A moment of frustration but I got back on track.
As president of the Dallas Camera Club I try to stay on top of the latest and best software, seminars and resource people coming to our area in addition to the instructional resources available for our members.
Mastering Photoshop layers by Juergen Gulbins caught my attention the moment I saw it advertised. I personally have a couple manuals on Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. Even though this book is written for Photoshop CS6 and Photoshop CC (Creative Cloud) users the author refers to the function ability in other versions when necessary. Many of Photoshop’s layers functions remain unchanged from earlier versions. Mastering Photoshop Layers is also of great value to Photoshop Element users.
This comprehensive 294 page book contains a nice blend of technical and practical instruction for the person who has a working knowledge of Photoshop.
Juergen has expertly written a book that is a must read for the novice and advanced Photoshop user. The novice user can start with the first chapter to learn the basics of using layers and the long-time user who wants a refresher course on layers.
Layers is the foundation for working in Photoshop for editing individual areas of your image nondestructively to ensure your end result will be a combination of all of the best parts of your image. There are clear step-by-step instructions with excellent illustrations to assist you to quickly master the tools. No matter what your knowledge level, this is a very valuable resource. You can skip parts of the text that describe techniques you are familiar with and take more time on those that you want to learn. At times this book reminds me of a textbook with the technical detail but it always provides a hands-on example during the course or at the end of the chapter.
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