Are you able to progressively save a layer as a jpeg or png? For example, if I have 5 layers, but I want to save the combination of 3 unhidden layers as a jpeg or png.
@McLovin2021 Mclovin Hey McLovin2021, I don't know if your question has been answered although it was some time ago. I am a bit of a novice as well but when I go to "FILE' on the top menu bar, then scroll down to 'place embedded... or place linked' I am offered the options for images to load into PS. Once I choose said image then click on 'place" it is automatically added to my project as a layer. I hope this works for you as I'm not privy to the methods of different PS versions.
Really helpful and very good pace. Please keep up with these “beginner” videos to help us folks who are struggling and frustrated with this extremely over-engineered and powerful tool. Having multiple ways of doing the same thing just seems to make it that many times more difficult and overwhelming to master the application. Thanks for doing these, look forward to more in the future.
Even though I am viewing this two years after it was published it is still relevant. I won't repeat all the good things others have said except to say I agree with them.
I'm taking Photoshop at Jr College. You are a MUCH Better Instructor. I Learn more from your great tutorials than I do in class! Please keep it up ! Your speed is good. If I Need to I can pause and rewind a bit ! Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words! There are 700 free tuts over at PhotoshopCAFE.com if you are looking for written ones too. I’ll also post a new here on yt weekly
I am not a beginner in Photoshop nor am I overly advanced. But I have a lot of friends trying to learn. I think this tutorial was just excellent for the beginner. Clearly illustrates the power and the functionality of layers. Thank you.
Excellent beginner tutorial. Wish I'd seen this when I first started working in Photoshop. Look me forever to figure out layers. I find going back to beginner tutorials help reinforce the basics so you can move to more advanced training. Thanks so much!
Nicely done Colin I've been learning (and relearning) PS for a couple of years. As with all your videos, I've found your explanations are excellent. For me what gets that rating is you don't assume the listener knows everything, i.e. when you make a keystroke you clearly explain what you are doing. I loved the 'step-back' to basics on Layers and picked up several gems. I had never come across an explanation of the Lock row selection items. Brilliant. Thanks so much
Thank you for the basics! Most videos assume a beginner understands this, thank you for taking the time to explain layers! Masks are another item I would love to understand better. Please continue to explain the basics of Photoshop, it is VERY appreciated!!! Also going slowly helps as well.
This is cool! I have always found it hard to get my head around photoshop. Since photoshop is such a complex interface with so many commands, I find it difficult to know what process to learn and in what order. BTW I also find that lessons in 15-20 minute chunks are great for my attention span!
Thanks for the great tutorial. Learning Photoshop can be daunting but your pace and style is extremely helpful. Keep em coming! One step at a time. Thanks again.
Thank you for your clear and easy deep explanation; please keep on; it's one of the best tutorials on YT!. please consider teaching brush tools & path tools & shape tools in depth; as those need your excellent professional explanation... Also Blending options and convert layer to SMART OBJECT Very appreciated. ONE OF YOUR BEST FEATURE THAT YOU TALK SLOWLY and teaching steps organized well so as any person (that the English language is not mother language) can understand you very well; so important to keep that tone for all future leasons ; I will recommend you for anyone who needs to understand photoshop basics in the right way...
I am new to PS and have watched several tutorials. Finally I understand the concept of layers thanks to your awesome informative video clip. Very clear to understand and I liked the analogy with the glass sheets being stacked on each other. Excellent!
Thank you for very informative video. Learned a lot, just right for me, enough information and timings etc. Please keep it up, very good idea for us beginners. THANK YOU.
Thank you, Colin. I think this is a very good tutorial. I have been using Photoshop, starting with Elements around 12 years ago. Now I'm a camera club officer with the role of advisor and mentor to club members starting to enter club and other contests . I can send them here to get familiar with the basics. I hope you will put these beginner oriented tutorials in their own playlist.
as someone looking to get into photoshop it's incredibly useful. If i might suggest a video to come, one of the main things I would like to be able to do is take an element from a photo (say a person) crop them out and drop them into another photo
COLIN!!! I love u, man. All of your videos are so relevant, easy to follow, and fun. Thanks for another great approach towards a seemingly confusing topic.
It's the third tutorial I watch from you. I've seen tons of tutorials about layers and layer masks, but to be honest, yours are amazingly better, easy to understand. Thanks a lot for your support, patience and the way you like to do it. Thumbs up. 😊
Colin, great job. Thanks. I have used PS for years and wasn’t sure I needed to watch but learned some better/quicker ways to do things. Glad I watched!
Hello again. Well I don't consider myself an absolute beginner now (possibly just scratching the very surface of intermediate level) but even I wasn't sure until this tutorial, what 'lock transparency' meant! It is actually rather nice to go back to basics so thank you very much for this tutorial.
ive been a bit scared of using ps as i dont really understand it.your beginners tutorials have given me the confidence to give it a go.ive subscribed and look forward to watching more and learning lots of new techniques. Thankyou
Thanks for the tutorial and it was at a great pace. One thing I've learned over the years using Photoshop is sometimes you can get so wrapped up in doing things a certain way that you forget some of the basics--basics which actually make things easier. Keep the tutorials coming!
Super helpful, just about to watch the follow-up video. I'd been trying to get my head around layers & masks with other videos but starting from scratch with your video has helped 👍
Originally I wasn't going to watch this because I've been using layers for a long time, but I decided to watch anyhow. Dang if I didn't pick up on some things I never knew or had forgotten. Now I'm going to have to watch the other beginner sessions just to see what I've overlooked. Thanks.
Your tutorials are excellent. You go at a pace where beginners can keep up with the process. I’ve watched so many other tutorials and they speed through them which left me lost. I really appreciate your teaching style! Thank you
Thank you Colin. I was feeling overwhelmed looking at beginner videos then I came across your's. Amazing! You explained all the details as needed. Thank you. I can't wait to watch more. I'm subscribed.
Photoshop layers let you stack and manage different image elements. Add layers via the Layers panel, control visibility with the eye icon, and adjust order by dragging. Use blending modes, opacity, and layer masks for effects and edits. Group layers to stay organized and streamline your workflow.
great explanation...it's beginning to make sense!! Love that you've gone to the trouble of adding a link to the written notes TOO! greetings from Dublin
I only just started learning Photoshop. This video is the best I have seen so far. Both in terms of clarity, level of details and completeness of the coverage of the features. THANK YOU. Looking forward to the other tutorials.
Finally found someone (PS Cafe) who is helping me learn this program. Your videos are very clear and easy to understand. Well done! I will be watching all your tutorials. Big Thank you from me!
Thanks so much for creating very easy to follow instructions! Even with the latest Photoshop I am able to follow along and everything seems to work the same.
The existing comments here pretty much sum up my thoughts about what you are doing with your "beginner" videos. I have had an uneasy relationship with PS for a long time and have ended up back in LR for my work. But now I am trying to learn to do good real estate interiors. This has brought me back to PS. You explained it in a way that I finally understand. Very helpful. Making progress. Many thanks. Your approach works for me.
Brilliant Tutorial: I was unable to get 'my head round' Photoshop, although I have been using it for years. I like the way you demonstrate each concept visually. I need to create textures for a game Engine (Unity). There is now light at the end of the tunnel, rather that a wall of incomprehension, so will watch more of your excellent videos, thank you.
Oh my goodness! I am beyond grateful for finding you. Seriously was going to give up. You explain it so well. I already learnt so much!! Thank you. Never stop helping us tortoises :)
Great Video = the pace was just right for a beginner and one of the best I have seen. You made it informative and interesting - without complicating the presentation. 10/10! Subscribed.
Greetings. How much (if you don’t mind my asking) of this series would apply to the other softwares that do / try to do what Photoshop does. With apologies for the philistinism, Photoshop makes no sense for me budget wise, for many reasons, but I’d like to learn the fundamentals. Preferably on an iPad. On an old app that doesn’t hog too many resources. Any help would be welcome. Great video by the way, it’s very rarely that I subscribe to a channel within a few minutes.
You are very patient. This was extremely helpful. I had to hunt for a few things but I'm in 2021. I think that was a good thing because I viewed more of the options. I look forward to viewing all your newbie tutorials.
Thank you very much .. Its very useful.. We need more tutorial .. If you give us sample of photo that you use to your video that will be gret..Then we can practice as you do .. Thank you..
I’m pretty proficient in LR but feeble in PS. I know a little about layers but this beginners episode really helped my foundation. Now off to layer masking!
This is the most comprehensive best explanation of layers I have found so far. It's exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much. Maybe also do some of this for Inkscape?
I am a "basic" user of Photoshop and this video highlighted things I did not know about layer. You continue learn! Excellent video, will check up on the following videos to catch up.
Written notes are here: photoshopcafe.com/tutorials/layers/intro.htm
Are you able to progressively save a layer as a jpeg or png? For example, if I have 5 layers, but I want to save the combination of 3 unhidden layers as a jpeg or png.
@McLovin2021 Mclovin Hey McLovin2021, I don't know if your question has been answered although it was some time ago. I am a bit of a novice as well but when I go to "FILE' on the top menu bar, then scroll down to 'place embedded... or place linked' I am offered the options for images to load into PS. Once I choose said image then click on 'place" it is automatically added to my project as a layer. I hope this works for you as I'm not privy to the methods of different PS versions.
Really helpful and very good pace. Please keep up with these “beginner” videos to help us folks who are struggling and frustrated with this extremely over-engineered and powerful tool. Having multiple ways of doing the same thing just seems to make it that many times more difficult and overwhelming to master the application. Thanks for doing these, look forward to more in the future.
Thanks, Colin I am a beginner and found this very useful please continue showing beginners tutorials
Even though I am viewing this two years after it was published it is still relevant. I won't repeat all the good things others have said except to say I agree with them.
I'm taking Photoshop at Jr College. You are a MUCH Better Instructor. I Learn more from your great tutorials than I do in class! Please keep it up ! Your speed is good. If I Need to I can pause and rewind a bit ! Thank you!
Thanks for the kind words! There are 700 free tuts over at PhotoshopCAFE.com if you are looking for written ones too. I’ll also post a new here on yt weekly
I am not a beginner in Photoshop nor am I overly advanced. But I have a lot of friends trying to learn. I think this tutorial was just excellent for the beginner. Clearly illustrates the power and the functionality of layers. Thank you.
Excellent beginner tutorial. Wish I'd seen this when I first started working in Photoshop. Look me forever to figure out layers. I find going back to beginner tutorials help reinforce the basics so you can move to more advanced training. Thanks so much!
Great tutorial, I will look for more tutorials you offer on line. Thank you for sharing.
This, so far, has been the best “beginner” tutorial for photoshop I’ve seen. Great pace and voice. I just subscribed.
Nicely done Colin I've been learning (and relearning) PS for a couple of years. As with all your videos, I've found your explanations are excellent. For me what gets that rating is you don't assume the listener knows everything, i.e. when you make a keystroke you clearly explain what you are doing. I loved the 'step-back' to basics on Layers and picked up several gems. I had never come across an explanation of the Lock row selection items. Brilliant. Thanks so much
Thank you for the basics! Most videos assume a beginner understands this, thank you for taking the time to explain layers! Masks are another item I would love to understand better. Please continue to explain the basics of Photoshop, it is VERY appreciated!!! Also going slowly helps as well.
Really good video and at the right pace for beginners. Thank you for the content
Excellent tutorial! Photoshop is difficult for beginners, but you make it easier. I will watch your other videos. Thanks 👍
Glad to hear that!
This was the best explanation of layers I have seen. As a novice, I am looking forward to more "for beginners" content. Thank you
A good video and very well explained for beginners like me. Hope to see more of your videos....Thank you
Very helpful for beginners!
Perfect content and pace. Thanks!
Nicely Done, even for a learning challenged person like me!
really helpful.thank you
very good tutorial ...Pace was perfect and informative !
Glad it was helpful!
As a somewhat seasoned user you surprised me with several things I didn't know. I thank you for that.
Ditto...didn't know about the lock transparency!
Thanks man
This is cool! I have always found it hard to get my head around photoshop. Since photoshop is such a complex interface with so many commands, I find it difficult to know what process to learn and in what order.
BTW I also find that lessons in 15-20 minute chunks are great for my attention span!
Thanks for the great tutorial. Learning Photoshop can be daunting but your pace and style is extremely helpful. Keep em coming! One step at a time. Thanks again.
Great job Colin, many thanks, you clarified some points and added to my understanding. Same for masks next please.
Nice. 😎 Thank you Colin. 😊
Thank you for this video...Nice and easy to follow. Looking forward to many more. Cheers!
Thank you for your clear and easy deep explanation; please keep on; it's one of the best tutorials on YT!. please consider teaching brush tools & path tools & shape tools in depth; as those need your excellent professional explanation... Also Blending options and convert layer to SMART OBJECT Very appreciated. ONE OF YOUR BEST FEATURE THAT YOU TALK SLOWLY and teaching steps organized well so as any person (that the English language is not mother language) can understand you very well; so important to keep that tone for all future leasons
; I will recommend you for anyone who needs to understand photoshop basics in the right way...
Very useful tutorial. I have always been intimidated using photoshop but this gave me confidence to try again.
If a layer is said to be a peice of clear celophaine, does the layer itself have no size? Thank you for your tutorials.
I am new to PS and have watched several tutorials. Finally I understand the concept of layers thanks to your awesome informative video clip. Very clear to understand and I liked the analogy with the glass sheets being stacked on each other. Excellent!
Thank you for very informative video. Learned a lot, just right for me, enough information and timings etc. Please keep it up, very good idea for us beginners. THANK YOU.
Thank you very much , tutorial was perfect.
Nothing happens without the basics first. Great video - really helpful.
Thank you, really appreciated the pace and content, so helpful in learning. Pretty happy to find your channel.
Perfect pace and detail !!! I may check some of your other tutorials.
It is helpful.. great work Colin
Thank you, Colin.
I think this is a very good tutorial.
I have been using Photoshop, starting with Elements around 12 years ago. Now I'm a camera club officer with the role of advisor and mentor to club members starting to enter club and other contests . I can send them here to get familiar with the basics.
I hope you will put these beginner oriented tutorials in their own playlist.
Yes, they will be in their own playlist
as someone looking to get into photoshop it's incredibly useful. If i might suggest a video to come, one of the main things I would like to be able to do is take an element from a photo (say a person) crop them out and drop them into another photo
Content useful and pace just right. Keep 'em coming! How about explaining "smart objects" I never seem to get them to work.
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@@photoshopcafe damn your the king of photoshop 👑
Awesome tutorial ❤💕💕
COLIN!!! I love u, man. All of your videos are so relevant, easy to follow, and fun. Thanks for another great approach towards a seemingly confusing topic.
It's the third tutorial I watch from you. I've seen tons of tutorials about layers and layer masks, but to be honest, yours are amazingly better, easy to understand. Thanks a lot for your support, patience and the way you like to do it. Thumbs up. 😊
Nice presentation for newbies. Good job
Colin, great job. Thanks. I have used PS for years and wasn’t sure I needed to watch but learned some better/quicker ways to do things. Glad I watched!
Much more to come
@@photoshopcafe Keep up the good work, you make Photoshop accessible to everybody!
Hello again. Well I don't consider myself an absolute beginner now (possibly just scratching the very surface of intermediate level) but even I wasn't sure until this tutorial, what 'lock transparency' meant! It is actually rather nice to go back to basics so thank you very much for this tutorial.
This was perfect. I thought I knew layers, but I found little details that I wasn't aware of. Please keep this up. Thank you.
How many years u took learning and mastering tha photoshop...Because you're awesome.
Thanks, I have been using Photoshop daily for over 25 years :)
You're great Colin. Always a good pace. Thanks
ive been a bit scared of using ps as i dont really understand it.your beginners tutorials have given me the confidence to give it a go.ive subscribed and look forward to watching more and learning lots of new techniques. Thankyou
I'm glad it is useful for you :)
Great video Colin, I finally understand layers. It is perfect re pace and content. Thank you.
Thank you Colin, really simple and easy to follow 👏👏👍
Coln, I forgot to say I was good that you explained the other things like locking the layers which no one else does
This was absolutely wonderful. Please keep these coming. Greetings to you always
Thanks for the tutorial and it was at a great pace. One thing I've learned over the years using Photoshop is sometimes you can get so wrapped up in doing things a certain way that you forget some of the basics--basics which actually make things easier. Keep the tutorials coming!
I can't imagine a beginner finding a better tutorial than this, Colin.
Good video - really helpful.
Finally an instructor that doesn't speak at a million miles per hour
lol, I try to keep it understandable
Nice review even for non beginners!
Good pace for me Thanks
Super helpful, just about to watch the follow-up video. I'd been trying to get my head around layers & masks with other videos but starting from scratch with your video has helped 👍
Originally I wasn't going to watch this because I've been using layers for a long time, but I decided to watch anyhow. Dang if I didn't pick up on some things I never knew or had forgotten. Now I'm going to have to watch the other beginner sessions just to see what I've overlooked. Thanks.
Your tutorials are excellent. You go at a pace where beginners can keep up with the process. I’ve watched so many other tutorials and they speed through them which left me lost. I really appreciate your teaching style! Thank you
These beginner tutorials are great. They are exactly what I needed to understand. Thank you!!
I've been trying to learn photoshop without the basics- impossible! These videos are amazing!!!!!
This was very well done! As a Photoshop “hobbyist”, I learned several very helpful tips. I look forward to future sessions. Thanks!
Really helpful video
I do understand layers but I loved the way you explained them. I also learned a few thigs as well. Thanks keep up the great work.
great information - well presented -- loved the touch "AND PROBABLY CANADA" LOL -- RE: z (yes I am Canadian )
Thank you. Excellent pace. Don't any faster. These beginner videos are a blessing. Keep up the amazing work.
Thank you Colin. I was feeling overwhelmed looking at beginner videos then I came across your's. Amazing! You explained all the details as needed. Thank you. I can't wait to watch more. I'm subscribed.
Photoshop layers let you stack and manage different image elements. Add layers via the Layers panel, control visibility with the eye icon, and adjust order by dragging. Use blending modes, opacity, and layer masks for effects and edits. Group layers to stay organized and streamline your workflow.
Excellent, clear, well-paced, understandable, informative, implementable (if there is such a word!)
great explanation...it's beginning to make sense!! Love that you've gone to the trouble of adding a link to the written notes TOO! greetings from Dublin
Excellent video. Your explanations and insight are extremely helpful.
Thank you
Everything was perfectly and simply explained,thank you so much am nolonger confused🥰🥰
This video was so helpful. It was easy to follow, informative, and the perfect length! You've just gained a subscriber, thanks for posting!!
it was perfect Colin...thank you very much...looking forward to more..
Great. Really helpful.
I've watched 100 videos and finally your video is the greatest of all! Thank you so much!
I only just started learning Photoshop. This video is the best I have seen so far. Both in terms of clarity, level of details and completeness of the coverage of the features. THANK YOU. Looking forward to the other tutorials.
Thank You Liked it, it was great pace for me, it helped really see what is happening with my layers.
Thanks
Struggle with PS in NC
Finally found someone (PS Cafe) who is helping me learn this program. Your videos are very clear and easy to understand. Well done! I will be watching all your tutorials. Big Thank you from me!
Thanks so much for creating very easy to follow instructions! Even with the latest Photoshop I am able to follow along and everything seems to work the same.
Excellent!!! Your planning and presentation are very good and understandable. Thanks
Very helpful. Good pace. I like the detail you convey. I will continue visiting your channel. Thank you.
The existing comments here pretty much sum up my thoughts about what you are doing with your "beginner" videos. I have had an uneasy relationship with PS for a long time and have ended up back in LR for my work. But now I am trying to learn to do good real estate interiors. This has brought me back to PS. You explained it in a way that I finally understand. Very helpful. Making progress. Many thanks. Your approach works for me.
Brilliant Tutorial: I was unable to get 'my head round' Photoshop, although I have been using it for years. I like the way you demonstrate each concept visually. I need to create textures for a game Engine (Unity). There is now light at the end of the tunnel, rather that a wall of incomprehension, so will watch more of your excellent videos, thank you.
Oh my goodness! I am beyond grateful for finding you. Seriously was going to give up. You explain it so well. I already learnt so much!! Thank you. Never stop helping us tortoises :)
So, so helpful! Not too fast, and every step covered well. THANK YOU!!!!
Great Video = the pace was just right for a beginner and one of the best I have seen.
You made it informative and interesting - without complicating the presentation.
10/10! Subscribed.
Greetings. How much (if you don’t mind my asking) of this series would apply to the other softwares that do / try to do what Photoshop does. With apologies for the philistinism, Photoshop makes no sense for me budget wise, for many reasons, but I’d like to learn the fundamentals. Preferably on an iPad. On an old app that doesn’t hog too many resources. Any help would be welcome. Great video by the way, it’s very rarely that I subscribe to a channel within a few minutes.
You are very patient. This was extremely helpful. I had to hunt for a few things but I'm in 2021. I think that was a good thing because I viewed more of the options. I look forward to viewing all your newbie tutorials.
Really good beginner tutorial. Told me exactly what I needed to know to move forward to layer masking.
Thank you very much ..
Its very useful..
We need more tutorial ..
If you give us sample of photo that you use to your video that will be gret..Then we can practice as you do ..
Thank you..
I’m pretty proficient in LR but feeble in PS. I know a little about layers but this beginners episode really helped my foundation. Now off to layer masking!
This is the most comprehensive best explanation of layers I have found so far. It's exactly what I wanted. Thank you so much. Maybe also do some of this for Inkscape?
Thanks for explaining LAYERS in simple language and on understanding pace.
I am a "basic" user of Photoshop and this video highlighted things I did not know about layer. You continue learn! Excellent video, will check up on the following videos to catch up.
Too good. Your videos are very easily understandable. Thank you for making it possible. Please continue the same way.
Thank you so much. Probably the best I have seen on the subject after so many years. Looking forward to more such videos. Very grateful.
Nicely explained for a beginner. Very understandable. Thanks.