From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Photoshop (2019)

Unlock the full course today

Join today to access over 22,600 courses taught by industry experts or purchase this course individually.

Recognizing the different types of layers

Recognizing the different types of layers - Photoshop Tutorial

From the course: Cert Prep: Adobe Certified Associate - Photoshop (2019)

Start my 1-month free trial

Recognizing the different types of layers

“

- [Instructor] Photoshop supports several different kinds of layers and you should be familiar with all of them for the ACA exam. So let's take a look at layer types. First, to make the content of some layers easier to see in the Layers panel, I'll go to the panel menu and choose Panel Options and then choose Thumbnail Contents, Layer Bounds. That way, small elements like the sun graphic and the woman's photo would be a lot easier to spot in the panel. And starting with the top of the Layers panel, we have an Adjustment Layer and you can tell that from its thumbnail, which is half light and half dark, just like the Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the panel. This layer applies a black and white adjustment to simulate our black and white printing of the color and I can see that if I turned on the visibility of the layer. Double-click the thumbnail to change the effect. For example, I can add a tint to make a duo-tone effect and while we're talking about double-clicking in the…

Contents