Introduction to Layers, Part 2
Mike continues his discussion of Layers and expands to some of the more advanced things you can do with Layers.
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Warren
April 15, 2010 at 9:47 pm
Great tutorial! It was clear and concise, very useful for anyone to gain some insights about layers.
MaryAnn
April 16, 2010 at 1:17 pm
Very helpful, easy to follow instructions and tips. Thank you. I am looking forward to using this newly updated website.
jose
April 16, 2010 at 4:24 pm
Very clear and easy to follow step by step
Clarke
April 22, 2010 at 10:40 am
Well presented, very clear and to the point!! I wish I had this a few years ago Clarke
Julius Leon
May 1, 2010 at 6:24 pm
I can’t get the videos to play. The audio plays,but not very helpful without the vido. I did get a couple to play by clicking on (open in another window) maby two out of ten. New member. Hope I can figure this out. If anyone can help I would be grateful.
Elements Techniques CS
May 3, 2010 at 11:34 am
There are a couple things to check:
1) Make sure you have the current version of QuickTime installed from http://www.apple.com/quicktime. Please make sure virus and security software are disable during the installation.
2) If you have the current version of QuickTime, take a look at your Preferences Panel for QuickTime. There may be some video card settings that are getting in the way of videos displaying. There should be some preferences listed regarding DirectDraw. Those being turned off may help.
Regarding the OK button. Dave is referring to the green check mark that is displayed as you recompose. There is also an okay button in the feather dialog box if you are using a selection.
Regards,
Cindy
Louise
May 2, 2010 at 9:25 am
Great tutorials on layers. I’ve always found it confusing to use. Thank you
lynn
May 13, 2010 at 7:24 pm
Very good basic knowledge on layers. Gave me the confidence to start trying things out on my own.
J.T.
May 20, 2010 at 6:02 pm
Now it’s getting interesting and I see great possibilities for using the layers. Like he suggests I’m going to look at many tutorials regarding layers.
Robert
May 28, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Very clear & help instructions on using layers, this will be a great help in improving images, thanks
LISA
May 31, 2010 at 7:09 am
Great and very informative, everyone should watch the tutorial before starting to actually learn pse. Also the instructor was the best I have seen so far.
Mike
June 22, 2010 at 1:09 am
Thank you for the kind comments, Lisa. I’m glad you found it helpful!
Mike
Shelia
May 31, 2010 at 5:29 pm
I am new to learning layers. This tutorial was good on how to work with the different layers, but the part I do not understand is that your example looks like 4 different photos, how did you get each photo into a separate layer if they are not part of one photo? Maybe I haven’t learned enough about layers to ask this question and you may not understand my question, but if you do, I would appreciate an explanation. Thank You.
Mike
June 22, 2010 at 1:14 am
Hi Shelia-
I think I understand. You’re asking how I got the smaller photos on to their own layer within the larger image? There are several ways to do this, but probably the easiest is to simply select an image, copy it, and then paste it into another image. The pasted image will automatically be placed on its own layer.
I hope that helps. If not, shoot me a private message on the forums (if you’ve never visited the forums, click the “Forums” link above with will take you to Elements Village. My user name there is mrod.
Mike
Jo
March 26, 2011 at 4:16 pm
My question has to do with how you make different aspects of your photo into different layers? For instance can separate objects in the photo be identified by the user so that they can become separate layers?
Rick LePage
March 27, 2011 at 12:09 pm
Jo,
The easiest way is to create a selection of what you want to be on a different layer, then press Ctrl-J (Mac: Command-J), which copies the selection to a different layer. Then, you can make changes to that layer’s object.
Rick
Joseph
July 6, 2010 at 6:31 pm
I can open and view videos, but cannot control (pause, start, rewind, etc.). Also, cannot view the entire screen, parts are cropped.
Michael
July 19, 2010 at 11:37 am
I thought he wasted to much time on different ways to do the same thing. Don’t cloud the issue. Other than that it was informative
Mike
August 2, 2010 at 10:19 am
Thanks for the feedback, Michael. In reviewing them, I tend to agree with you.
Note to self: Keep it simple, keep it simple…:)
Mike Rodriguez
H.
July 25, 2010 at 1:28 pm
Newbie here. I wish I had found these LAYERS videos a month ago. I have been buried under layers of confusion to the point that I was about to give up. These are great learning tools.
Thanks.
H.
Mike
August 2, 2010 at 10:18 am
Glad they were helpful! Feel free to jump over to the Forums (link at the top of the page) for help on any other things (layers or otherwise) that you may have.
Mike Rodriguez
PS “…layers of confusion…” That’s a great phrase! :)
Barbara
October 17, 2010 at 5:16 am
The firt time I saw this some time ago, I thought I wish he would not confuse me with all of the other options and shortcuts because I could not remember them all. Now that I am a LITTLE more familiar with the program, I went back and watched it again and picked up a lot of new shortcuts. Great tutorial.
Barbara
Gerald
November 12, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Excellent tutorial Mike. Been using PSE (Photoshop Elements) for a couple of years, and I was pleased to gain useful knowledge to speed my photo-processing. Hope to see more tutorials & tips on the important techniques w/in Layers.
David
December 19, 2010 at 9:58 pm
Great video on layers , do u have more of them for me ?
David
Richard
February 2, 2011 at 9:22 am
Good presentation on the basics, but I need instruction on how to put the layer components together. Layers 1 & 2 does not cover it.
John
May 16, 2011 at 4:49 am
Hello your videos on layers (1) and (2) have a black mask surrounding the video window this on my screen obliterates the right hand side so only a fraction of the Layers pallette is visable which rather spoils the whole thing which is about use of layers also the commentary has a strange booming background echo as he speaks so not a good session can you advise me whats wrong is it my set -up or it is the video.
Thank you johnquartz@ntlworld.com
Tom
June 8, 2011 at 5:06 am
Great tutorial, but the right hand side of the video is truncated so I cannot see the layers with their names etc. I am using Windows Vista but I have never had this problem before. Also I cannot pause the video and roll it back to hear a comment again. Any advice on how to eliminate these problems will be appreciated. Thanks.
susan
June 24, 2011 at 4:54 pm
having trouble viewing the video, have downloaded the latest version of quicktime, sometimes it is just a black screen with sound, sometimes the right side of the screen is cut off, or the few times it works the motion stops and the sound continues. It is very disappointing that the video doesn’t work the information could be very helpful. Is there anything else I should check? It seems like a lot of other people have the same problem. Any plans to fix this?
Jacob
October 8, 2011 at 6:17 am
I cant view either series of video nor can view in separate window. I even tried downloading the file and get same results. Plz fix
Tanjela
December 10, 2011 at 2:46 am
This video has cleared up alot of misunderstandings I have had about layers. I get the concept now and just need to practice. At first I was frustrated with PSE9 because I was learning pieces here and there, but now that I have subscribed, I’m starting at the beginning. It’s all starting to make sense now. I’m still a little confused on the mask concept when you used the black to show the bottom layer…please clarify again or direct me to a tutorial. Thanks
Rick LePage
December 12, 2011 at 5:22 pm
Have you looked at the Easy Layer Masks video? That’s often a good place to start.
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/video/elements-9-easy-layer-masks/
and our Layers 101 article is a really good overview of the concept of layers:
http://www.photoshopelementsuser.com/members/layers-101-understanding-elements-foundation/
best,
Rick
karen
September 1, 2012 at 8:29 pm
i just don’t understand why you don’t just work on one photo at a time instead of layering them.