Thanks, Clif, I WILL do that.
Paul M. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clif52" <[email protected]> To: "Papermodels II" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, July 17, 2009 8:29 AM Subject: [Papermodels II 38363] Re: OT- PhotoShop Questions... Hey Paul If you need help let me know and I'll send you my email address. I've used Photoshop for 20years every day. In fact I'm on it at work today. Clif On Jul 16, 11:36 pm, "Paul McCool" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 ...)- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
