Layers: The Complete Guide to Photoshop's Most Powerful Feature

Just the product I was searching for.
Matt Kloskowski made this book very easy to understand & the examples are very well explain.

This book is 4 anyone that wants to learn about Photoshop layers!!

I will keep my finger cross that Mr Kloskowski find the time & write another book in the subject. I WANT TO BUY THE FIRST ONE!


Luis Morales

I bought this book based on the excellent reviews it had in Amazon.com, but it doesn't worth.

Please, do not misunderstand me - it is an interesting (very) introductory book but anyone with basic PS layer understanding will be extremely bored & with a great deception.

IMO it is wiser to spend your time & money in another textbook.

I'm now a slow learner & I've read a lot about layers. I wish that I'd picked up this book at the start! Projects are described in a sequence where each step has two levels - the heading of each stage is actually an instruction which you can follow stage by stage without further explanation & this you might do when using the book as a reference. Within each stage is more explanation & added depth. The same format is used in Scott Kelby's Channels book. The narrative is a bit 'chirpy' like Scott's books & some might find this distracting - I don't. If you want unfunny & useless padding try the average 'For Dummies' book. Millions of trees uselessly died to make them so thick!
I would suggest that the book is especially useful to photographers who need to consolidate their basic or intermediate Photoshop skills.

This is truly an outstanding text. I have completed every exercise & have transferred this knowledge to my own photos to produce fantastic results.Easy to follow & well presented. One of the best texts printed regarding the use layers.
Congratulations Matt!

This book is best written 4 those that are new to photoshop & don't quite understand the amazing power of layers. But, there are many tips & techniques 4 the more advanced in later chapters. I would mostly recommend it 4 someone who is wanting to learn the power of layers.

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, & now you have a resource to show you exactly how. With Matt’s clear, easy-to-follow, & concise writing style you’ll learn about:

• Working with & 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 & just how easy it is.
• Using layers to enhance & retouch your photos
• All of the tips & 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.