By default a photoshop image has one layer, called Background. If you look in the Layers palette you will see something like the example on the right.
To add a new layer, go to the main menu and select Layer > New > Layer.
A window will appear like the one below. Enter a descriptive name for the layer — you can usually ignore the other options.
The new layer will appear above ...
How to Create Layers in Photoshop
May 17th, 2013 
admin By default a photoshop image has one layer, called Background. If you look in the Layers palette you will see something like the example on the right.
To add a new layer, go to the main menu and select Layer > New > Layer.
A window will appear like the one below. Enter a descriptive name for the layer — you can usually ignore the other options.
The new layer will appear above ...
Photoshop Slice Tool
May 15th, 2013 admin 
The Slice tool allows you to divide an image into smaller sections which fit together like a jigsaw (but with straight edges). The slice tool is located in the top section of the Photoshop Toolbox.
There are two tools: Slice (which creates the slices) and Slice Select (which enables you to select and modify existing slices).
Sliced images are commonly used for web design work, which sometimes requires images to be broken ...
Photoshop History Brush
May 15th, 2013 admin 
The history brush uses a previous state or snapshot of an image. The tool makes a copy of the image as it was in a previous state, then uses the content of this copy to paint with.
Example
The example on the right shows the history palette of an image. Three things have happened (i.e. there have been three states):
The image was opened.
The levels were adjusted.
A glowing edges filter was applied.
In the ...