The first task for this project is to add a photo of the beach to the postcard. First, you’ll open the
beach image in Photoshop.
3. In Photoshop, choose File > Open, navigate to the Lesson04 folder, and then double-click
the Beach.psd file to open it.The Layers panel changes to display the layer information for the active Beach.psd file. Notice
that only one layer appears in the Beach.psd image: Layer 1, not Background. (For more
information, see the sidebar “About the background layer.”)
About the background layer
When you create a new image with a white or colored background, the bottom layer in the
Layers panel is named Background, and is always opaque. An image can have only one
background layer. You cannot change the stacking order of a background layer, its blending