photoshop basics Archive

  • Photoshop Layers

    Photoshop Beginners guide to Layers Part 1

    In this tutorial you will find a basic description of how to use the layers palette and layers in Photoshop. When I was first learning photoshop it was the layers palette that took me the longest to understand! Part 1 covers the basics of new layer properties, the effect different tools have on individual layers and layer order and how these are displayed on the canvas.

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  • 6 ways to duplicate a layer in Photoshop

    6 ways to duplicate a layer in Photoshop

    As always there are several different methods of duplicating a layer in Photoshop. You will normally have a preferred way of working in photoshop, so choose whichever way fits in with your current processes the best. There is no right and wrong way, there are in fact 6 ways!

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  • How to add a drop shadow to text in Photoshop

    How to add a drop shadow to text in Photoshop

    Follow these easy steps to learn how to add a drop shadow to text in Photoshop. This can be applied to any raster or vector object in Photoshop as well as type.

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