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Squarerigger wrote:blackfox wrote:Layers are like transparent 'Acetate sheets' that you used for presentations on an overhead projector, back in the old days.gary i do all initial processing in apeture 3 ,when happy with the image ,i export to desktop as a 8 bit tiff file ,then drag/drop into elements ,i initially layer my subject then apply de-noise via a plug in filter to background layer (i use imageonic ) but theres tons out there including freebies ,as most of my work is posted to flickr or forums i then reduce image size to 1024 pixels on largest side .then i apply final sharpening to layered subject .then simply re-name as a j-peg and export back to desktop ,close down elements .
your image is then ready to post to flickr or wherever and/or import back into a finished folder in apeture
Jeff, I read someplace you could make elements 11 or any other program your external editor in aperture preferences and then the file goes back and forth between both programs without having to make folders, etc.
I have to get someone to explain this "layers" to me, I have no idea what it is.
You can add content (photos, text, filter effects, drawings...) to these acetates such that when you lay them on top of one another you get a cumulative effect.
Unlike acetates though, photoshop allows you to modify the individual layers characteristics (relative to one another), so you can get a myriad of combined effects.
In my last version of your photo, I cut out the man and placed him on a new layer above the background ....from which he was removed. Having thus seperated the two elements I was able to tilt and enlarge the 'man layer' then blur/ desaturate/darken the 'background layer' to better visually seperate the two parts.
As Robert said, these are tip of the iceberg uses ....and layers is far more versatile once you start to explore them.
Absolutely brilliant!
Kind of like the biology book I had in school which had acetate sheets for anatomy - you kept adding sheets and pretty soon you had the entire human system.
Really is a little scary being able to manipulate a photograph that much. I now understand how you did the magic with my photo.
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