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The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book

While layers are the most often used feature in Photoshop they have been completely ignored as the subject for a book, until now. Richard Lynch, author of 7 books on Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, has compiled a complete treatise on using layers to improve your photos, streamline your workflow, retain your corrections for later editing, adopt a non-destructive workflow, and explore your creativity. This could be the single best book for enhancing your investment in Photoshop.

What The Book Covers

The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book has chapters on:

Chapter 1: The Basics of Layers: Layer Functions and Creation

Chapter 2: Layer Management: Concepts of a Layer-Based Workflow

Chapter 3: Basic Object and Image Area Isolation

Chapter 4: Masking: Enhanced Area Isolation

Chapter 5: Applying Layer Effects

Chapter 6: Exploring Layer Modes

Chapter 7: Advanced Blending Modes

Chapter 8: Breaking Out Components

Chapter 9: Taking an Image Through the Process

Chapter 10: Making Layered Collage and Composite Images

 

The Book and More!

The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book includes a CD with all the images used in the examples from the book, and a cache of actions to help you work through examples, and functional tools that can help you set up layer scenarios that will be valuable in adjusting your images.

...And That's Not All

Unlike many authors that hide behind their publisher or an organization, Richard tries to make himself available to readers by answering email queries, participating directly in a forum dedicated to the book, maintaining this web site, and publicly tracking errors in the printed text so you can smooth over bumps in the road.

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The First and Best Book Dedicated to Photoshop Layers

The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book

"The Adobe Photoshop Layers Book is the best 'how to' book I've ever come across!"
-- Ralph Holmberg [Reader]

 
     
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