One of the most exciting projects you can tackle in image editing software that supports layering—Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Pixelmator, etc.—is to combine images in interesting ways.

Adobe Photoshop Elements allows you to create graphics and edit images for professional documents, websites or online applications. Each graphic can be made up of many different layers. Layers are ...

In Photoshop you can use the blend modes to change how layers interact with each other, thus producing interesting artwork. Think of each layer as a transparent glass canvas, what is placed on the top ...

Editing images and producing image composites for your clients or business can require you to separate parts of a photo onto individual layers. If you've copied and pasted an entire image onto a new ...

To add extra visual interest to a photo, try using a blur filter to simulate motion. Even though your subject is stationary in the picture, the viewer’s brain will experience the movement, which adds ...