{"id":2029,"date":"2016-09-15T14:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paintable.cc\/?p=2029"},"modified":"2020-07-27T04:12:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-27T11:12:24","slug":"how-to-use-layers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paintable.cc\/how-to-use-layers\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use Photoshop Layers in Digital Painting: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2029\" class=\"elementor elementor-2029\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-499c9df elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"499c9df\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0237c9\" data-id=\"a0237c9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d72f0 blog-hook-header elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d72f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Besides Ctrl-Z, layers may be the biggest advantage to painting digitally, rather than on paper or canvas<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-536a393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"536a393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Layers allow us to separate and work on every single element of a painting individually. This is incredibly powerful.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e6f77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8e6f77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For example, using layers we can:<\/p><ul><li>Work on individual elements, characters, or even brush stroke without risk of messing up the rest of the painting<\/li><li>Move elements around, to play with different ideas for compositions<\/li><li>Easily paint over or under our linework, while still keeping the linework completely intact in a new layer<\/li><\/ul><p>And much, much more..<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-666d340 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"666d340\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Why you need to start using layers today<\/li><li>The basic fundamentals of effectively working with layers<\/li><li>Powerful tools available for working with Layers in Adobe Photoshop, including Transparency Locking, Blending Modes, and Layer Masks<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d0d3d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"2d0d3d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/HemMAfEF2E4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b48dcd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b48dcd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Related: <a href=\"http:\/\/paintable.cc\/how-to-blend-in-photoshop\/\"><em>4 Essential Techniques for Blending in Photoshop<\/em><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2638576 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2638576\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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