Basic Tools
When you open up Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, you will be taken to a screen that looks like this. This is your work space where you can have many different graphics open at the same time while you're working on them.
Tool Bar
What are Layers?
Think of your Photoshop document as a stack of transparencies with single images on them, all placed together to create a final finished image. One layer may have just text on it. Another may have a small section of the photo. You can see each transparency on its own, or you can stack them together to see the whole thing together.
When working in photoshop, I like to have a number of layers, so that I can edit each one in isolation, without affecting the rest of the picture. Having many layers of your image can also mean going back to an earlier version of the picture if you have made a mistake. This way, you do not need to start from scratch again. You can also combine the layers together by flattening them as well.
You can also change the order of the layers (putting certain objects in front of each other, etc.) by dragging them in the pane that displays the layers
When working in photoshop, I like to have a number of layers, so that I can edit each one in isolation, without affecting the rest of the picture. Having many layers of your image can also mean going back to an earlier version of the picture if you have made a mistake. This way, you do not need to start from scratch again. You can also combine the layers together by flattening them as well.
You can also change the order of the layers (putting certain objects in front of each other, etc.) by dragging them in the pane that displays the layers