Photoshop Tutorial - Elle

Photoshop Demo

--Layer Manipulation –

1. Open Photoshop

2. Go to, File: New: select OK

3. Create new layer (never work on background if you don’t have to). On the right hand side, there is a box that shows your “background.” In the bottom right corner there’s a little icon that looks like a sticky note being pulled up. Click this to create your new layer.

4. Open web browser, find a photo, copy image.

5. Return to Photoshop, make sure you click on the picture of your layer one in the layers box to select it

6. Go to, Edit: Paste

7. Now go to the layers window. Right under the Layers tab, there is a selection box that says “Normal,” it also has 2 blue arrows at the right side of the box.

8. By clicking on the arrows, it opens up a list of options you can use to manipulate your layer. Most of the options, when applied won’t create a noticeable change because there is only one layer. The manipulations are most noticed with multiple layers.

9. Repeat steps 3&4

10. Repeat step 5 with layer 2

11. Repeat step 6

12. Now that there are at least 2 layers, return to the layer manipulation box on the right in the layer window (see steps 7 and 8). You can now experiment with the different options in the list and see what happens.

13. Have fun and good luck!

*Note*

Always make sure the layer you want to be manipulating is selected. The effects will be different depending on the layer selected.