Posted by Chuck Beatty on October 29, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Check out Dan's Editor's Pick from last week. It's an amazing piece of Photo Art. Way to go, Dan.
Posted by Dan Borzynski on October 29, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Yeah, yeah, yeah...
Actually, part of the reason why that image exists is that I am trying to put together 2-3 20 minutes presentations on layers for a local camera club I am involved in. I have been trying to figure out what the most immediately useful things to know about layers are and how to quickly present it. That image was the result of playing with PS to figure it out.
By the way, if anyone has any suggestions as to what to cover, I am up for suggestions. It has to be quick, easy and assumes that the audience is not comfortable with PS or Elements. The first one will probably be a quick intro why layers, the dropdown box and adjustment layers. The second one may be blending, which was the step used to get the gradient on that image (there were a few other things done, but what they were, I don't know). I figure that one will be useful to simulate a split grad filter, or simulating lighting for the portrait/studio members.
By the way, we need someone else from here to step up and get that gallery editor's pick next week. Who will it be?
Posted by Chuck Beatty on October 29, 2007 at 1:00 PM
Dan,
There's a good technique for using adjustment layers to convert color images to B&W at http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/color-black-white.htm. Since I use CS2 rather than Elements, I don't know how it would apply to Elements users.
Posted by Rob Coomer on October 29, 2007 at 1:25 PM
Congrats Dan,
I would start with the basics of what they are and how they work, and then cover the adjustment layers and image layers including how to create masks.
I would think those would be of the most interest to photographers, the FX layers or attributes could be covered later since they generaly are more for layout and web design than photo retouch or adjustment.
Posted by Bernie Kasper on October 31, 2007 at 2:15 PM
Discussion
4 repliesActually, part of the reason why that image exists is that I am trying to put together 2-3 20 minutes presentations on layers for a local camera club I am involved in. I have been trying to figure out what the most immediately useful things to know about layers are and how to quickly present it. That image was the result of playing with PS to figure it out.
By the way, if anyone has any suggestions as to what to cover, I am up for suggestions. It has to be quick, easy and assumes that the audience is not comfortable with PS or Elements. The first one will probably be a quick intro why layers, the dropdown box and adjustment layers. The second one may be blending, which was the step used to get the gradient on that image (there were a few other things done, but what they were, I don't know). I figure that one will be useful to simulate a split grad filter, or simulating lighting for the portrait/studio members.
By the way, we need someone else from here to step up and get that gallery editor's pick next week. Who will it be?
There's a good technique for using adjustment layers to convert color images to B&W at http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/color-black-white.htm. Since I use CS2 rather than Elements, I don't know how it would apply to Elements users.
I would start with the basics of what they are and how they work, and then cover the adjustment layers and image layers including how to create masks.
I would think those would be of the most interest to photographers, the FX layers or attributes could be covered later since they generaly are more for layout and web design than photo retouch or adjustment.