Merging layers will remove the ability to edit a specific layer that you selected, so only use the Merge tool if you’re sure you won’t have to apply any adjustments to those layers in the future.

Layers are the bedrock of working in Adobe Photoshop. Here's how to split an image into separate layers, organize and make adjustments, and do other tasks.

In Photoshop, white means visible (solid), and black means invisible (transparent). To start, your mask is solid, but when you start swiping a brush tool over your layer, those areas will become ...

Digital Anarchy's Knoll Light Factory 3.0 is the perfect tool for creating realistic - or not, if you so choose - lens flares inside Photoshop.

Photoshop 6’s vectors, Layer Effects, and Styles palette make it easy to create and manage multiple button-state graphics. These graphics can be exported to ImageReady to create rollovers.

Again, all of these layers can be edited like any other Photoshop layer, including their opacity, blending mode and so on. There’s heaps of editing you can still do to get things looking perfect.