Posts Tagged ‘Layers’

Duplicating layers in Photoshop

Tuesday, August 9th, 2011

Duplicate Layer with Marek Mularczyk - Sai TrainingA quick tip for you, today. We’ll talk about duplicating layers in Photoshop.

There are a number of ways to duplicate a layer in Photoshop, so let’s try to cover as many as we can.

To start with, you can drag a layer onto a Create New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. But there are many more ways of doing it.

If you like using menu, then:

  • Layer > Duplicate Layer…  or
  • Layer > New > Layer via Copy

Or you could use the Layers panel menu and choose Duplicate… as shown below:

Duplicate Layers with Marek Mularczyk

If you like using keyboard shortcuts (like I do), you can press Ctrl+J on Windows or Cmd+J on Mac.

And, you can also right-click on the layer and choose Duplicate Layer…

I hope it helps. If you have thoughts on that, let me know by posting a comment.

Have a great day and see you tomorrow!

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Depth of Field in Photoshop and PhotoshopLightroomTV

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Photoshop Lightroom TV

Good Tuesday! :-)

I hope you had a chance to watch the latest episode of Photoshop Lightroom TV yesterday, if not go ahead and watch. Here is the link:

PhotoshopLightroomTV – Episode 11.

In this Episode,  you can learn how to manipulate Depth of Field in a set of images taken of the same scene with different focusing points. And it is really easy with just a few dialog boxes in Photoshop. The images may need some alignment and blending but Photoshop will do most of the work for you.

You will also learn how to create a semi-transparent logo / copyright text on the iamges that can be quickly created and fully reused with a little effort.

I hope you enjoy it – the link once again – PhotoshopLightroomTV – Episode 11.

Have a great day! :-)

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How do I unlock the layers in Photoshop?

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Lock Photoshop

Good morning :-)

Today a post about certain techniques in Photoshop used for unlocking layers. This may seem like an easy topic, however there are some very nice techniques I want to share with you.

To start with, Background layer is always locked by default. That’s the nature of Background layers. But today we are not talking just about background layers but about layers in general. Here is a screenshot of a typical layers structure with a locked background layer:

Locked background layer in PhotoshopAny layer in Photoshop can be locked as well. It is as simple as selecting a layer and clicking the Lock icon at the top of the Layers panel:

Locking a Layer Now, the question is “How do you unlock the layer?”

There are a number of techniques that can be used here:

  • You can use the same icon you used to lock the layer, if you click on it again, this will unlock the layer.
  • You can also click on the Lock icon next to the layer’s name and drag it to the bin! This is a nice one. :-)
  • You can also use “/” to  toggle between locking and unlocking the layer – another very nice trick. I learnt this one from Zeno Bokor – the credit goes to you, Zeno! ;-)

Enjoy! :-)

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Photoshop is 20 years old…

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Did you know that it has been 20 years since the first version of Photoshop was introduced? That is quite a lot of time for an application. Photoshop has definitely changed our lives and the way we work with imaging (now digital imaging). It also has changed a lot through all these years. Many wonderful new features were introduced in every major version.

Did you know that Photoshop 1.0 was released on Macintosh only? It was created by John and Thomas Knoll. Did you know that it was first called Display before it became Photoshop? Probably not.

Photoshop 1.0 was released in 1990 as Adobe Photoshop and its Toolbar at that time looked somehow similar to Photoshop CS4′s Toolbar, don’t you think?  ;-)

Photoshop 1.0′s interface was very simple with limited number of menus as on screenshot below, however there were many filters included in the application. Only a few adjustment though as can be seen on the screenshot below.

And there were only two panels at that time.

The most important features introduced in Photoshop major releases:

  • Ps 2.0 – Photoshop ships on Windows for the first time, Pen Tool, Duotones, support for CMYK
  • Ps 3.0 – Layers and Tabbed Palettes introduced
  • Ps 4.0 – Actions, Adjustment Layers
  • Ps 5.0 – Editable Text, History Palette
  • Ps 6.0 – Blending Options, Layer Styles, Vector Shapes
  • Ps 7.0 – Healing Brush, New File Browser (later replaced by Bridge), Batch Rename
  • Ps CS   – Lens Blur, Layer Groups, 16-Bit support
  • Ps CS2- Noise Reduction, Red Eye Removal Tool, Vanishing Point, 32-Bit support
  • Ps CS3- Auto Blend, Quick Selection Tool, Clone Source Palette, 3D
  • PS CS4-Content Aware Scaling, Masks and Adjustments Panels
  • Ps CS5-coming soon…  ;-)

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