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Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021

You're reading from   Mastering Adobe Photoshop Elements 2021 Boost your image-editing skills using the latest tools and techniques in Adobe Photoshop Elements

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Product type Paperback
Published in Dec 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800566996
Length 410 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Robin Nichols Robin Nichols
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1 Photoshop Elements Features Overview 2. Chapter 2 Setting Up Photoshop Elements from Scratch FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3 The Basics of Image Editing 4. Chapter 4 Easy Creative Projects 5. Chapter 5 Advanced Techniques - Layers and Masking 6. Chapter 6 Advanced Techniques: Retouching, Selections, and Text 7. Chapter 7 Additional Tools and Features 8. Chapter 8 Advanced Drawing and Painting Techniques 9. Chapter 9 Exporting the Finished Work 10. Chapter 10 Troubleshooting 11. Chapter 11 Feature Appendix 12. Other Books You May Enjoy

Layer opacity

As the name might suggest, you can use the Opacity feature to change the density, or opacity, of an individual layer. One way to blend one layer into another is to change the top layer to a lower opacity. Another reason to use a lowered opacity value is to see what's underneath that layer if, say, you needed to reposition that top layer precisely on top of an object in the layer underneath it. Once repositioned, you can reset that layer's opacity back to 100% and carry on with the edit.

In this example, I have reduced the MAGAZINE text layer to 50% - generally, if you are going to create this kind of special effect, it pays to have the elements involved in separate layers; otherwise—in this example—Classic Car would also fade, thus negating the intended effect.

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