Master Photoshop CS4 with this visual, hands-on guide to using Layers under the expert guidance of digital imaging specialist Richard Lynch. Layers, Photoshop's most powerful feature, is the core of a nondestructive image-editing work flow. Step-by-step instructions and practical examples illustrate how to... Polish: correct and enhance color, fix composition problems, and repair damage or flaws; Manipulate: isolate image areas for changes, adjustments, and experimental concepts; Understand: use all forms of layer blending, including transparency, clipping masks, opacity / fill, layer masks, layer modes, channel targeting, blend if, and effects styles. The accompanying CD comes complete with a generous library of practical actions based on techniques from the book that add functional power to Photoshop, along with practice images for all the exercises in the book. This focused, highly accurate, comprehensive, and practical guide offers...