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When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:
  • Working with and managing multiple layers
  • Building multiple layered images
  • Blending layers together
  • Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
  • Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
  • Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
  • All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.
If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.

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When Photoshop guru Matt Kloskowski was asked why he wrote this book, he replied, “It’s simple: I wanted to write the Photoshop book that I wished was around when I was learning Photoshop”. You’ve always known that layers were the key to understanding Photoshop, and now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, and concise writing style you’ll learn about:
  • Working with and managing multiple layers
  • Building multiple layered images
  • Blending layers together
  • Exactly which of the 25+ Blend Modes you need to worry about (there’s just a few)
  • Layer Masking and just how easy it is.
  • Using layers to enhance and retouch your photos
  • All of the tips and tricks that make using layers a breeze.
If you want to finally understand layers in Photoshop, this book is the one you’ve been waiting for.
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54 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Photoshop Simplified !!!!, 3 Mar 2008
By Glyn Dewis "Dinkiz" (Buckinghamshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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With so many books out there on Photoshop claiming to teach the secrets it's difficult to know what to buy; this new book by Matt Kloskowski though is a definite MUST HAVE for anyone just starting out in the world of Photoshop and anyone who has been using it for a while.

Matt manages to simplify the whole concept of Layers (the bread and butter of Photoshop) in a quick easy to understand way that I challenge anyone not to grasp it after the first chapter. Following on from that in the following 8 chapters, Matt goes on to cover such topics as blending layers, adjustment layers, layer masks and then some chapters covering retouching, layer styles and smart objects ... again, in an easy to follow teaching style that just works..period!

Some readers out there, like me may have been using photoshop for a number of years now and may consider a book teaching Layers to be beneath them, but as in all of Matt's books, there are always a few gems hidden in there that make buying the book worth it just for them.

Littered with some stunning photos and techniques this is a book that doesn't make false claims, it delivers and and all for a great price too ... nuff said :o)

ps> I'm not on commision, I just believe in putting my money to good use :o)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Layers - for the rest of us, 21 April 2008
By Neil Carter (Oxford UK) - See all my reviews
I do a fair amount of PhotoShop Image Editing, and tho' I say it myself, have become reasonably proficient at it, but one aspect I haven't really come to grips with, and which I know to be a failing, is understanding how to use Layers. Now I do know what Layers are, and I also understand that there's something quite magical about using Layers in PS, but somehow, although I do indeed understand the "Why", I've never really got to grips with the "How To". Then Amazon, as they do, mailed me about Matt Kloskowski's brand new PS Manual, strangely enough called "LAYERS"

And I have to say that it really has been an eye-opener, virtually from page one. Obviously inspired by Scott Kelby's eclectic style of writing, the book is laid out throughout as a series of step by step tutorials, including a complete on-line download of all the stock images used, which is many times easier to understand than Adobe's admittedly comprehensive User Guide's, and Classroom in a Book series, which in the main, flew right above my head. Some of the adjustment Layer Tutorials are little short of stunning, almost blindingly Damascene in their revelation of technique. If I had one criticism it would be of the sometimes facile chattiness of the writing which does begin to jar a little after the tenth or fifteenth jokey comment, but let that not distract from what is a tour de force of a book, enabling Layer novices such as myself to effortlessly move up a level, or should I say Layer, in my comprehension of an area of PhotoShop which I have been too uneducated - read nervous - to previously take on board.

Obviously, I have no connection with the Author, or the Publisher, but if you enjoy, if that's the right word, playing around with PhotoShop, then I can thoroughly recommend "Layers" as one of the best PhotoShop guides I've yet worked with.

Neil Carter
Oxford UK
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5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Photoshop Book, 28 Mar 2008
By letsgetitright "letsgetitright" (England Europe) - See all my reviews
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Anybody who has listened to Matt Kloskowski teaching about Photoshop will know that he is a natural teacher. Everything he teaches is presented in a simple and very understandable manner, even if the subject is highly complicated.

Many of the subjects covered in this book are not huge secrets which the pros have kept carefully hidden from the general public. Rather many of the early lessons are simple and slowly build to the more complicated stuff. Matt Kloskowski has arranged the lessons in his Layers book to ensure that it is easy to follow and also in a way you will remember. If you are new to Photoshop and layers you will a thorough grasp of these subjects. The easy to follow tutorials are accompanied by colour images, which lead you through each step and you can even follow along yourself with the provided downloadable lesson files.

In short this is a really outstanding Photoshop book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Getting to know Layers
After just purchasing my digital SLR camera, I am still getting used to the settings to achieve those 'great' shots. Read more
Published 28 days ago by S. Dunn

5.0 out of 5 stars Justified acclaim!
I bought this because of the many good reviews. Having received it, I was initially a bit skeptical - it is fairly thin, with most pages being divided into two, with a couple of... Read more
Published 2 months ago by D. Waite

5.0 out of 5 stars At Last!
For a long time I have struggled to mster Layers in Photoshop (from Elements two to seven). At last a book that solves all my problems. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. James A. Martin

2.0 out of 5 stars Bit of a disappointment
I found some of the instructions very skimped, as if the author expected you to know what you were doing already. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. T. Gruffydd

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and User Friendly
What makes this book brilliant is that you can freely download the stock images that are used in the book so you can sit there and actually try out everything. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. R. Ashton

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST LAYERS BOOK EVER
As a novice to Photoshop, the whole layers concept seemed extremely daunting. However, this book has become my Bible! Read more
Published 5 months ago by Kyla

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book
I must admit I was disappointed when I first received this book. It was a lot smaller than I was expecting. Read more
Published 5 months ago by D. Brown

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and well paced. Excellent!
I have tried a few PS books and some are ok but you come away forgetting a lot because the basics haven't been absorbed. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Daphne

5.0 out of 5 stars Layers. Made Easy.
I've used Photoshop for a number of years now, and even teach it on a regular basis, but this book blew me away! Read more
Published 11 months ago by Richard O'Brien

5.0 out of 5 stars A Reference Book for Serious Adobe-Addicts
I never could understand Layers in depth - now I do.
Sometimes throws you in the deep end - but always takes you back to the shore safely. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Sam-Theo

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