I know this is awfully simplistic, but, having been immersed in Photoshop most of the day for the last few days, making digital renders and retouches, the following occurred to me:
If I had to boil down Photoshop to 3 things, it would be:
- Layers
- Masks
- Blending modes
Everything else (and that’s a lot of everything else) builds on, is an offshoot, or refines these elements.
What do you think? Would you dissect it differently?