{"id":1619,"date":"2016-01-20T20:50:45","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pixlr.com\/?p=1619"},"modified":"2016-01-20T20:50:45","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:50:45","slug":"pixlr-editor-design-basics-a-new-video-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pixlr.com\/blog\/pixlr-editor-design-basics-a-new-video-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Pixlr Editor Design Basics: Working with Layers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We can&#8217;t tell you how many times we&#8217;ve seen a tweet like this:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/newblog.pixlr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-20-at-12.08.40-PM.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1620 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/newblog.pixlr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-20-at-12.08.40-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-01-20 at 12.08.40 PM\" width=\"603\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pixlr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-20-at-12.08.40-PM.png 603w, https:\/\/pixlr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-20-at-12.08.40-PM-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nOur Pixlr Editor app is pretty popular with graphic designers, especially those who don&#8217;t have the budget for Photoshop. Our free, web-based app has saved the bacon of millions of creative people, but there are still millions out there who struggle with the initial hurdle of learning how to use an image editor like this. We hear from people all the time who contact us through our support channel or on Twitter or Instagram and even at live events who say\u00a0they want to learn how to use Pixlr Editor, but they really need some help getting started. If you&#8217;re one of those people, fret not. We&#8217;re rolling out a new video series that explains all of the basics of Pixlr Editor. Today, we rolled out the second video in this series, which covers probably the most important thing new users need to learn about: layers.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152459538\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/152459538<\/a><br \/>\nIf you&#8217;ve ever wondered how to create a drop shadow (layer styles to the rescue!), how to resize just one layer and not the whole dang document, or how to make sure you save your image so that all those layers don&#8217;t get lost \u2014 then this video is for you. Check it out on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/pixlr\">Vimeo<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCGUShWfYw_wQqekVE1P6lXg\">YouTube<\/a>, and follow us there if you&#8217;d like to be alerted when each new video in the series is published. Other topics we&#8217;ll be covering include cutting things out of images with the lasso tool or magic wand, making transparent images, understanding layer masks, photo retouching, gradients, and a few more. 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