{"id":793,"date":"2016-09-02T00:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T04:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=793"},"modified":"2022-11-02T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-02T17:29:40","slug":"layers-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/basics\/layers\/layers-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Layers Panel Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Part Two of our Layers Learning Guide, take a whirlwind tour of Photoshop's Layers panel and learn the essential skills you need to benefit from all that layers have to offer!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n

In the previous tutorial (Understanding Layers<\/a>), we looked briefly at what layers are and how they make working in Photoshop so much easier. But before we can start taking advantage of all that layers have to offer, we first need to learn some essential skills for working in Photoshop's Command Central for layers—the Layers panel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

In this tutorial, we'll take a whirlwind tour of the Layers panel and learn everything we need to know to get up and running quickly. I'll be using Photoshop CS6 but everything we'll be covering is fully compatible with Photoshop CC. If you're using Photoshop CS5 or earlier, you can follow along here or you can check out the original version<\/a> of our Layers panel tutorial.<\/p>\n

The Layers panel is where we handle all of our layer-related tasks, from adding and deleting layers to adding layer masks and adjustment layers, changing layer blend modes, turning layers on and off in the document, renaming layers, grouping layers, and anything else that has anything to do with layers. Since it's one of the most commonly-used panels in all of Photoshop, Adobe set things up so that the Layers panel opens automatically for us each time we launch the program. <\/p>\n<\/section>\n

This tutorial is Part 2 of my Photoshop Layers Learning Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n