Photoshop
2D compositing, texture, and mask grammar for atlas visuals.
What This Tool Is For
Raster image editing — layers, masks, transforms, and color grading for textures, labels, and comp plates feeding 3D and web pipelines.
Creator Alphabet in Photoshop
| Operation | How it appears |
|---|---|
| Transform | Free Transform, scale, rotate layers |
| Merge | Layer merge, blend modes, smart objects |
| Mask | Layer masks, clipping masks, selections |
| Tracking | Vanishing point and manual alignment to perspective |
| Simulation | Filter effects and generative fill as rule-based variation |
| Animation | Timeline frames and video layers |
| Material | Brush texture, layer styles, PBR map painting |
| Lighting | Dodge/burn, curves, gradient maps |
| Rendering | Export PNG/TIFF for Blender and web |
| Interaction | Actions and scripts respond to batch inputs |
First Learning Path
Practice Transform on smart objects → Layer masks (Mask) → Merge via blend modes → Material-looking layer styles → Export (Rendering).