Layers in Photoshop - Ultimate Guide for Beginners
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- Are Layers in Photoshop confusing you? Do you feel you are not using all the benefits Layers can bring in Photoshop? Well, you’re not alone as layers are arguably one of the most complex things in Photoshop but one the fundamental aspects to take control of. So, in this tutorial, we bring you the most in-depth, ultimate guide to Layers in Photoshop.
Here, we’ll show you everything layers have to offer such as creating and using multiple layers, adding layer styles, using smart objects as layers, layer masking, using adjustment layers and much more.
Plus, you can download the images I use and follow along with me. Download the images for further down this page.
So, grab a tea or beer!, strap yourself in and get ready to learn all about Layers in Photoshop.
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Video Timestamps
00:00 Intro | 01:09 - Layer Basics | 16:47 - Layer Styles | 19:33 - Smart Objects | 29:33 - Multi-Layer Example | 30:35 - Grouping Layers | 32:19 - Layer Masks | 45:57 - Adjustment Layers | 1:02:15 - Conclusion.
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0:00 Introduction
1:55 LAYER BASICS
16:50 LAYER STYLES
19:38 SMART OBJECTS
30:43 GROUPING LAYERS
32:24 LAYER MASKS
46:02 ADJUSTMENT LAYERS
I'm just learning Photoshop. His explanations are clear, slowly derived and understandable, and easily followed. I have been viewing many Photoshop tutorials, and most do not explain the "why" of things. This guy does a fantastic job. The pace is perfect: just try and follow someone posting a "short." No can do. Kudos to you!
Thanks Gregory, glad to help. 😊
What a gem of a tutorial. I've watched a variety of tutorials and usually felt more lost that helped. This has been the exception. The teacher is easy to follow. He doesn't talk and work so fast that you can't keep up and understand, and his insight is amazing. I highly recommend him and hope to find more of his tutorials.
Thanks Jennifer 👍
Excellent tutorial. I mainly use Lightroom, and occasionally photoshop.I have struggled with layers for years, picking up tips along the way. Guess what - your instruction to make sure that you are working on the mask for white to reveal, black to conceal is the first time anyone has made that clear to me. Thanks Mark, great stuff.
Great to hear Ian 👍 thanks
This has been the most concise PS tutorial I have seen thus far. I'm new to PS and have been searching for a tutorial where the person teaching moves at a speed and with details that make it easy to follow along and also to understand. Thank you so much for this video. I finally understand layers in a way that I feel confident that I can sit down and enjoy creating a piece of art that I can be proud of!! You have a great teaching style.
You're very welcome! You can check out the rest here www.theschoolofphotography.com/courses/photoshop-course
OMG! This man has shown me (in very easy and intuitive form) more in the first 1/3 of this video that I've already been using Photoshop for in the past 6 years. I have subscribed now and am SO looking forward to more tutorials. I shall grab a cup of coffee, when I can, and watch and follow along until I "get it" and then look for next lever of expertise for me to learn. Thank you SOOO much for these videos. I am a photographer and this is adding so much value to my Adobe Creative Suite monthly subscription. Thanks again!!
Thanks Huie, welcome aboard 👍
I jumped into digital art a few days ago, and watching my favorite artist is a bit fast-paced for a beginner. I appreciate your deliberate and trustworthy method of teaching. 🙌🏼💓
Thanks Wonila, glad it helped 👍
I am new to Photoshop and I've been checking out a lot of videos to get started. I have watches some great videos, but none of them brought the concepts of layers and masks in like this one did. The presentation and teaching style was enough to make this subscription adverse guy become a TSOP member.
Thanks Jim, welcome aboard 👍
One of THE best explanations of Layers and Layer Masks any where on TH-cam, and with examples provided. Brilliant video, demystifying a subject and techniques that have frustrated me for a year.
You're very welcome! 😊
This was by far the best tutorial I have seen on layers and masks. I now understand. Thank you!
You are welcome Claudia 👍
One of the best tutorials that I have watched. I have been frightened of PS for years, mainly because I never understood layers, but now I want to learn more, especially from the school of photography.
You're very welcome 🙏😊
I have to thank you because I am trying to get into photography & have been doing online tutorials for PhotoShop. I appreciate your slowness and repetitive style so I can learn. There are a lot of moving parts. I also like you and your personality so am considering taking your PhotoShop comprehensive course.
Great to hear!
I’ve tried dozens of tutorials and all I got was frustration, you are the best teacher hands down! THANK YOU!
You are welcome Gary, glad to help. For the full course, click here www.theschoolofphotography.com/courses/photoshop-course
This is the best tutorial I have watched - and I have watched a lot. I'll have to revisit the adjustment layers and curves sections again but really helpful. I learned quite a few things like the right click to select the layer. I cannot believe I never heard that one before.
Thank you 😊
One of the best educational videos I’ve seen. Clear, thorough with a good pace. Great style
Thanks Larry, glad to help. 😊
Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. I have been a long-time Photoshop 'novice'. I am beginning to finally grasp the concept of layers and you have helped me greatly in better understanding the adjustment layers. I will have a lot of fun playing around with this going forward.
Glad it was helpful!
Just finished watching and RE watching several times. This was THE BEST I have seen on layers...how they work and what magic they accomplish. Definitely want to check out the school!!!! Thank you so very much for offering this on TH-cam! Linda
You are welcome 👍 😊
Wonderful informative yet easy to understand video. I feel like I finally had an aha moment with Ps and things are starting to click.The section on layer masks and layer adjustment masks was particularly helpful. Thank you!!!
You're welcome Renee, glad it helped 👍
In this way I know and learn how to use PhotoShop. A lot of theory makes it understandable, but experience-wise you learn a lot more. Your way of explaining is ok. You are clear, pleasant pace, concrete and learning. So in short, THANK YOU. !!!!
You're welcome 👍
Finnaly I understand those layers! it is really confusing study them without anyone showing how to work with! Thank you!
You're welcome Vola 👍
Just finished watching this from start to finish and taken heaps of notes outling each of the steps, thanks a million!
You're very welcome!
Just starting this now. Looking forward to it. And thank you so much for holding the hands of newbies! And thank you for the download images.
You are so welcome!
Marc: I came across this randomly while looking for Layers tutorials. This has to be one of the clearest beginner overviews of what I previously thought would be a difficult and complex topic. Well done. And it led me to your TSOP site, which I'll be joining.
Thanks Terence and welcome aboard 👍
Fantastic tutorial!! Yet another one! A regular subscriber of the TSOP myself, I can't stop recommending your courses!
Awesome, thank you!
Nice to have a long form video where someone actually explains something in detail. The other is stuff I watch, this would be something I'd pay for.
Good to hear Steve, check out the course here www.theschoolofphotography.com/courses/photoshop-course
A super tutorial - - even though I've been working with Photoshop for a while I learnt something new. Photoshop is like that!
Glad to have helped 😊👍
Just found this tutorial - really is the BEST I've ever seen. Thank you!
You are welcome David, glad it helped 👍
Wow thank you so much, what an great educational video and without music, just brilliant 🤩
You're welcome, glad to help 😊
Thank you so much! Very well done video with clear instructions and a great pace. I learned a lot!
You're very welcome!
Thank you so much. You are an excellent teacher, and you’ve made some things very clear that had escaped me until now. Greetings!
You're very welcome!
Thank you very much for this very very good video. I have seen a few other video’s but now I think I understand layers and masks. Great!
Thanks Peter
The best video I have watched on layers. I watched the tutorial on layers from PS but I had so many questions. I went to TH-cam and this video really helped. Thank You!
You're very welcome!
This is by far the best explanation of layers in Photoshop I have seen. Thank you.
You're very welcome! 😊
Brilliant!! This guy is really good, so precise easy to follow and probably the best PS video I have watched. Really helpful and explains it slowly and simply. Thank you.
You are welcome Barry 👍 😊
Great tutorial, not too fast (which is very important to grasp everything), not too slow, just as it should be...
Subscribed and gonna watch the other tutorials also, keep up the good work
Thanks, and welcome aboard 👍
Quite comprehensive, with the clear step by step explanations. Managed to gain much new knowledge from this site. Thanks so much 🥳👍
You're very welcome 🙏
So very clear! Wish I had started with your video first. Well done in explaining so clearly.
You are welcome 😊
Best instructor step by step and good pace.
An excellent introduction/refresher on layers. Good script, well presented and succinct.
Glad you liked it!
Absolutely the best tutorial on photoshop layers on youtube. Thank you very much
You're very welcome! 😊
This is why i need TSOP courses! What an excellent tutorial! Well paced, very educational!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you. It finally makes sense!!!
You are welcome Jill 😊
Excellent tutorial Marc, very well explained. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome just what I am looking for at the right time, definitely up for website, thank you!
You're welcome Tony 👍
Great, just what I was looking for!
Glad I could help!
Thanks you for this totally explained i had been having problems with layers you have explained it so well
You're very welcome!
Thank you for this extensive video . All very clearly explained. I worked along with the sample images and everything worked as taught . The only difficulty I encountered was dropping the hands in . I use a Mac and it didn’t work to drag on to main body ...I had to drag it to the tab . Graham
You're welcome 👍
I've been using clip studio paint which has been ok for years I've just made the jump to photo shop. And just learning were all the tools are this is a fantastic great in-depth totoral brilliant just spend 4 hours going through it and getting a real feel of Photoshop many many thanks I'm subscribing and thinking of doing your photoshop course brilliant thanks for your brilliant expernation of the layers
Thanks Paul, glad to help. For the full course click here www.theschoolofphotography.com/courses/photoshop-course
I am so excited this tutorial was so formative
Glad to help 😊
The very best explanation of layers I’ve seen. Thank you
You are welcome 👍
Excellent tutorial. I am trying to learn PS and have been viewing various tutorials on TH-cam. This tutorial is amongst the best I have viewed. It is very organised in the learning aspect, straight to the point with a high level of detail. The pace and teaching style of this tutorial makes it very easy to understand. Thanks Marc. 😊
Thanks Mary glad you liked it. You can learn more here www.theschoolofphotography.com/courses/photoshop-course
@@theschoolofphotography I joined 3 days ago. Very happy with the tuition.
Thanks Mary, welcome aboard 👍
I liked your style of teaching. Good pace and clear. I'm learning astrophotography and starting to use PS and LrC to post process. Thanks. BTW they samples included helped a lot....
You are welcome Mike 😊
Thank you . You are a great teacher. Love it
Thank you! 😃
Great video, so easy to follow, thank you for your time.
You're welcome Kim 😊
Bravo!! You'll be my new go to guy from now and in the future. Nice video. I learned a lot today...
Thanks Lars, glad to help 👍😊
Thanks so much for this in depth tutorial. I learned a lot from your video. I am very new to PS and thanks to this tutorial I am much less frustrated. Looking forward to learning more from your tutorials!
You're very welcome! 😊
Excellent introduction to layers! Thank you.
You are welcome John 😊
Superb tutorial, very well explained and easy to follow. I have just bough the Phtoshop in depth course. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Clear and to the point. Thank you, sir.
You're welcome!
Very easily understood diction. Concepts were explained well and the level of assumed knowledge was kept low so beginners will have no problem following along. Very long video with lots of information. The course ran 1h4mins in length but it took me about 3 hours to complete because I completed each task as he did it on screen. The course is a little deceiving if you just watch it, he makes it look very simple, but you really don't get much imprinted learning that way. You really have to do as he does and the photos are provided to do that. I will definitely look for other videos as I expand my knowledge of photoshop.
Excellent presentation. Clear, concise, to the point.
Thanks Vincent 👍
Brilliant!
Thank you so much.
You are welcome 😊
Great video - well worth watching. Thanks
Thanks Kevin, glad you liked it 👍
Thank you for your explanation of layers and masks -- good pacing!
You're very welcome! 👍
Excellent tutorial, so easy to understand. Can't wait to see more of your tutorials
Thanks Judy 👍
Great work, thank you!
You're welcome.
This tutorial is amazing and you are really good at teaching !! great job sir !
Thank you 😊
Best tutorial on layers! Keep up the excellent work!
Thanks, will do! 👍
Excellent. I highly recommend!!!
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I saw many tutorials . They are very fast . Yours is very neat , step by step not rushing . Thanks
You are welcome 😊
Great channel, thanks for your awesome content :) Learning alot.
Glad you enjoy it!
Hi Mark, I have been following you for some time now and have been on the fence about joining TSOP. I have always had a problem understanding layer, masks, ect, ect. I have only used LRC to edit my photos and I have used PSE a little but I do not use PS because
it is very hard for me to understand and at 75 yoa it is not getting any easier. Now after watching this tutorial I am one step closer to
signing up for TSOP. Will be making my up my mind in the very near future. Please keep up the great work and stay safe over there in UK.
Semper Fi, Joe W.
Glad to help Joseph 👍
Finally a tutorial that made me understand layers. You are a great teacher.
Glad to help 👍
I agree, I didn’t know much about Ps until I watched this TH-cam video. Great teacher.
Thank you for your tutorial, the best tutorial on TH-cam.
Thank you. Glad it was helpful!
Absolutely first class territorial, learnt so much 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video thank you and the School actually looks like a good deal, will likely sub within the coming month. Photoshop is starting to make more sense, thanks for helping me get my head around this.
Thanks Anthony and welcome aboard 👍
Fantastic tutorial. Thank you
Thanks Lance, you're welcome 👍😊
Awesome tutorial. I learnt loads. 🎉
Amazing video. So helpful, thank you!
You are welcome Aysha 👍
Excellent video, thank you very much, I have learnt a lot from this. Cheers.
Great to hear! 😊
SLOW & BUILDING - GREAT
Your videos are ace and informative thank you.
Thanks Wayne 👍
Luv it. Thank youu.
You're welcome 😊
Fantastic tutorial! Thanks.
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GREAT tutorial - I will be taking some of your online courses as well based on the quality of this clip.
Thanks John, hope to see you over at TSOP soon 👍
Brilliantly Clear Explanation !
Thanks 😊👍
Excelente muy bien explicado, me funciono al 100
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about 8 years ago , I designed a birthday card with over 20 layers , including duplicate layers !!.
If you have the mindset to keep track of that much imagery, then layers can add a whole new dimension/multiple dimensions to a given project , but beware , it's easy to get lost in your own work , so start off with a few layers , and keep ( save as ) the photoshop file ( as well as the JPEG) on your hard drive , just in case you need to make any last minute adjustments
I love this amazing tutorial...
Thank you! 😊
Thank you Sir! TNice tutorials helps alot !
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Watched many tutorials on this, this one is the most informative and one I can understand, its great. Hence now a subscriber.
Awesome, thank you!
Great video, thank you!
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Awesome and straight forward content.
Thanks Jim 👍
loved the video, very informative, can I make a very small suggestion! and it's not a criticism but if you make your curser larger and a brighter colour it will be easier to follow your movements... but like I say excellent video 👍👍
thanks very much and I picked up some good tips!
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Great watch, love it made me see PS more easy thanks
You are welcome Trisha 👍
Great stuff thanks.
My pleasure!
Fantastic! Amazing Job sir.
You are welcome 😊
What a breath of fresh air - someone who not only understands photoshop but more importantly knows how to impart knowledge that a viewer can actually use. Ive watched too many photoshop videos that are designed to impress - but fail to impart anything useful!
Masks and layers in photoshop are not difficult to use - once you grasp the reasoning behind how these tools work.
This video has explained both the "what and the why" masks and layers are so powerful - at a pace where the viewer has time to properly absorb the concepts.
Subscribed!
Glad you're on board Brian 👍
I need this. Thanks.
You're welcome 😊 🙏
GENIUS. FANTASTIC,SUPERB, AWESOME. ALREADY SUBSCRIBED AND LIKED.
Awesome, thank you!