Cool. Thanks, Mike. I've had zero experience with the program and my wife is having some issues gettiing it to do what she needs it to for her class.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Hungerford" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:32 PM Subject: [Papermodels II 38360] Re: OT- PhotoShop Questions... > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Paul McCool<[email protected]> wrote: >> OK, Folks, >> >> Can anyone out there explain what a layer is in PhotoShop? >> Paul M. > > I think of a college anatomy textbook my mom had; all the bones, > nerves, blood vessels, organs, etc., were on separate sheets of > transparency that laid atop one another, building the body from back > to front. > > Think of it also like cel animation without the animation. > > Regardless, layers in any graphic program let you build images up in > pieces and still control each of the layers independently. Say you > were laying out parts for a model; you'd put all the outlines and tabs > on one layer, color on another beneath it, and details such as > aircraft squadron numbers on a layer above it. You can create several > color layers and switch them on or off to change the color of the > model. Likewise you can do several detail layers and sawp those in or > out as needed. If you save your work in Photoshop's native .PSD format > you keep all those layers intact; if you export a .JPG or .PNG or > whatever, you usually end up with a single "flattened" image in which > all the layers are gone and you only see what was turned on. > -- > Mike Hungerford > http://users.sdccu.net/chthulhu2/models.html > A heinous crime, a show of force, > (A murder would be nice, of course ...) > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Papermodels?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
