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About adjustment layers and fill layers
Adjustment layers let you experiment with color and tonal adjustments to an image
without permanently modifying the pixels in the image. The color and tonal changes
reside within the adjustment layer, which acts as a veil through which the underlying
image layers appear. Keep in mind that an adjustment layer affects all the layers below it.
This means that you can correct multiple layers by making a single adjustment, rather
than making the adjustment to each layer separately.
Note:
Adjustment layers can be applied and edited only in Photoshop; however, they can
be viewed in ImageReady.
Fill layers let you fill a layer with a solid color, a gradient, or a pattern. Unlike adjustment
layers, fill layers do not affect the layers underneath them.
Creating adjustment layers or fill layers
Adjustment layers and fill layers have the same opacity and blending mode options as
image layers and can be rearranged, deleted, hidden, and duplicated in the same manner
as image layers. By default, adjustment layers and fill layers have layer masks, as indicated
by the mask icon to the left of the layer thumbnail. If a path is active when you create the
adjustment or fill layer, a vector mask is created instead of a layer mask.
To confine the effects of an adjustment layer to a group of layers, create a clipping
group consisting of these layers. You can place the adjustment layers in or at the base
of the clipping group. The adjustment will be confined to the layers inside the group.
(See
“Creating clipping groups” on page 319
.) Alternatively, you can create a layer set, and
have the set use any blending mode other than Pass Through.
To create an adjustment layer or fill layer:
1
Do one of the following:
•
Click the New Adjustment Layer button
at the bottom of the Layers palette, and
choose the layer type you want to create.
•
Choose Layer > New Fill Layer, and choose an option from the submenu. Then name the
layer, set other layer options, and click OK. (See
“Setting opacity and blending options”
on page 295
and
“Creating clipping groups” on page 319
.)
•
Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer, and choose an option from the submenu. Then
name the layer, set other layer options, and click OK. (See
“Setting opacity and blending
options” on page 295
and
“Creating clipping groups” on page 319
.)
Note:
To confine the effects of the adjustment layer or fill layer to a selected area, make a
selection, create a closed path and select it, or select an existing closed path. When you
use a selection, you create an adjustment layer or fill layer confined by a layer mask. When
you use a path, you create an adjustment layer or fill layer confined by a vector mask.
2
Choose from the following layer properties, and then click OK.
Solid Color
Specify a color. (See
“Using the Adobe Color Picker” on page 261
.)
