Learn to harness the full power of layers and selections in Photoshop--and let your creativity soar! Learning the basics of Photoshop is an admirable feat. Unfortunately, that's exactly where most people end their Photoshop journey: with a fundamental appreciation of the program and the ability to execute a few helpful techniques. But without a full understanding of and capability with layers and selections--arguably Photoshop's most powerful tools--you're leaving the vast majority of Photoshop's power and potential untapped. The Photoshop Layers and Selections Workshop is here to change all that. In this book, photographer and bestselling author Glyn Dewis focuses on these two key features of Photoshop, knowing that if you can learn and master them, you'll have everything you need to maximize Photoshop's potential, bring out the best in your work, and harness your full creativity. In this book, you will: - Start off with a detailed breakdown of the Photoshop Home screen and Workspace, including how to best set it up for your way of working. - Grow your understanding of layers and learn how to maximize their potential in your selections workflow. - Conquer selections and cutouts by mastering the use of tools including Select and Mask, the Pen Tool, Channel Pulls, Vector Masks, Color Range, and more. - Learn how to make and fake the best possible hair and fur selections. - Work your way through three selections workflows, combining tools and techniques to get the very best possible results. - Learn some of Glyn's favorite Photoshop techniques in a bonus chapter. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Chapter 1: The Photoshop Workspace Chapter 2: Layers Chapter 3: Selections and 101 Chapter 4: Selection Tools Chapter 5: The Pen Tool and Vector Masks Chapter 6: Select and Mask Chapter 7: Sky Replacement Chapter 8: Cleaning Up Selections Chapter 9: Selection Workflows Chapter 10: Bonus Content

The Photoshop Workbook: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques reveals the creative skills that photographer and retoucher Glyn Dewis uses for his global clients. In this guide you will learn not only his step-by-step Photoshop techniques, but how and when to apply them so that you, too, can take your images to a whole new level. Glyn starts by covering the individual Photoshop skills that are the essential building blocks of his process: * Mastering selections and cutouts with the Pen tool and other important tools * Dodging and burning, adding textures, transforming a location, and using the "power of gray" for composites * Applying lighting effects such as spotlights, beams, realistic shadows, reflections, and street lighting to images * Creating special effects, including snow and debris, and turning day into night using a nondestructive workflow It's one thing to learn the techniques, but to master them you need to understand when to apply them and in what order. In the second part of the book, Glyn brings everything together with his real-world projects. He covers six complete, start-to-finish projects-including all the images for you to download and follow along-that show you how to apply the techniques to a variety of scenarios, including character portraits, themed composites, and a landscape.