Work smarter, not harder, by mastering this Photoshop layer masks to make local adjustments, composite images, add effects, and more.

How to Separate Layers in Photoshop. Editing images and producing image composites for your clients or business can require you to separate parts of a photo onto individual layers. If you've ...

Learn how to use the Crop Tool and its different features in Photoshop. You can Straighten the image or enhance the subject of an image by removing the edges.

Keep the original layer intact Unlike Eraser, which permanently alters a layer, Layer Masks in Photoshop allows for non-destructive editing and makes Photoshop one of the best image editors.

The Digital Photography School blog has an instructive tutorial on using layers for those just getting their feet wet inside Photoshop, or other high-end image editors like the open-source GIMP ...

Flipping a layer or an entire image is one of the quickest ways of changing a Photoshop composition. Learn how to do both.

Prepare your image layers The first step is to open an image in Photoshop or Photoshop Elements; if you’re in Elements, make sure you’re in Expert mode (it’s called Full Edit in older versions).