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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 “
C
r
ea
ting clipping gr
oups
”
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 “
S
etting opacit
y and blending options
”
on page
295
and “
C
r
ea
ting clipping gr
oups
”
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 “
S
etting opacit
y and blending
options
”
on page
295
and “
C
r
ea
ting clipping gr
oups
”
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 “
U
sing the A
dob
e C
olor P
ick
er
”
on page
261
.)
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Gradient Click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor, or click the inverted arrow
and choose a gradient from the pop-up palette. (See “
C
r
ea
ting smo
oth gr
adien
t fi
lls
”
on
page
245
.) Set additional options if desired. Style specifies the shape of the gradient.
Angle specifies the angle at which the gradient is applied. Scale changes the size of the
gradient. Reverse flips the orientation of the gradient. Dither reduces banding by applying
dithering to the gradient. Align With Layer uses the bounding box of the layer to calculate
the gradient fill. You can use the mouse to move the center of the gradient by clicking and
dragging in the image window.
Pattern Click the pattern, and choose a pattern from the pop-up palette. Click Scale and
enter a value or drag the slider to scale the pattern. Click Snap to Origin to position the
origin of the pattern with that of the document window. (See “
U
sing r
ulers
,
c
olumns
,
the
measur
e t
o
ol,
guides
,
and
the gr
id
”
on page
43
.) Select Link With Layer to specify that
the pattern moves with the fill layer as it is relocated. When Link With Layer is selected, you
can drag in the image to position the pattern while the Pattern Fill dialog box is open.
Levels Specify values for the highlights, shadows, and midtones. (See “
U
sing the L
e
v
els
dialo
g b
o
x
”
on page
137
.)
Curves Adjust the intensity values of pixels along a 0–255 scale while keeping up to 15
other values constant.For more information, see “
U
sing the C
ur
v
es dialo
g b
o
x
(P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
139
.
Color Balance Drag a slider toward a color you want to increase in the image; drag a
slider away from a color you want to decrease in the image. For more information,
see “
U
sing the C
olor B
alanc
e c
ommand (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
146
.
Brightness/Contrast Specify values for Brightness and Contrast. (See “
U
sing the
B
r
igh
tness/C
on
tr
ast c
ommand
”
on page
150
.)
Hue/Saturation Choose which colors to edit, and specify values for Hue, Saturation,
and Lightness. (See “
U
sing the Hue/S
a
tur
a
tion c
ommand
”
on page
147
.)
Selective Color Choose the color you want to adjust, and drag the sliders to increase or
decrease the components in the selected color. For more information, see “
U
sing the
S
elec
tiv
e C
olor c
ommand (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
149
.
Channel Mixer Modify a color channel. For more information, see “
M
ixing c
olor channels
(P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
271
.
Gradient Map Choose a gradient and set gradient options. For more information, see
“
U
sing the G
r
adien
t M
ap c
ommand (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
155
.
Invert Invert adjustment layers don’t have options. (See “
U
sing the In
v
er
t c
ommand
”
on
page
153
.)
Threshold Specify a threshold level. (See “
U
sing the
T
hr
eshold c
ommand (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
154
.)
Posterize Specify the number of tonal levels for each color channel. (See “
U
sing the
P
ost
er
iz
e c
ommand (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
154
.)
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Editing adjustment layers or fill layers
Once you create an adjustment or fill layer, you can easily edit the settings, or dynamically
replace it with a different adjustment or fill type. You can also edit the mask of an
adjustment layer or fill layer to control the effect that the layer has on the image. By
default, all areas of an adjustment or fill layer are “unmasked” and, therefore, are showing.
(See “
C
r
ea
ting and editing la
y
er masks
”
on page
315
.)
To edit an adjustment or fill layer:
1 Do one of the following:
•
Double-click the adjustment or fill layer’s thumbnail in the Layers palette.
•
Choose Layer > Layer Content Options.
2 Make the desired adjustments, and click OK.
Note: Inverted adjustment layers do not have editable settings.
To change the content of an adjustment or fill layer:
1 Select the adjustment layer or fill layer that you want to change.
2 Choose Layer > Change Layer Content and select a different fill or adjustment layer
from the list.
Merging adjustment layers or fill layers
You can merge an adjustment or fill layer several ways: with the layer below it, with the
layers in its own grouped layer, with the layers it is linked to, and with all other visible
layers. You cannot, however, use an adjustment layer or fill layer as the target layer for a
merge. When you merge an adjustment layer or fill layer with the layer below it, the
adjustments are rasterized and become permanently applied within the merged layer.
(See “
M
er
ging la
y
ers
”
on page
293
.) You can also rasterize a fill layer without merging it.
(See “
R
ast
er
izing la
y
ers
”
on page
292
.)
Adjustment layers and fill layers whose masks contain only white values do not add
significantly to the file size, so it is not necessary to merge these adjustment layers to
conserve file space.
Masking layers
You can use masks to protect sections of layers from being edited and to show or hide
sections of an image.
About masking layers
Masks control how different areas within a layer or layer set are hidden and revealed. By
making changes to the mask, you can apply a variety of special effects to the layer without
actually affecting the pixels on that layer. You can then apply the mask and make the
changes permanent or remove the mask without applying the changes.
There are two types of masks:
•
Layer masks are bitmap images and are resolution-dependent and are created with the
painting or selection tools.
•
(Photoshop) Vector masks are resolution-independent and are created with the pen or
shape tools.
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In the Layers palette, both the layer and vector masks appear as an additional thumbnail
to the right of the layer thumbnail. For the layer mask, this thumbnail represents the
grayscale channel that is created when you add the layer mask. (See “
S
t
or
ing masks in
alpha channels
”
on page
280
.) The vector mask thumbnail represents a path that clips out
the contents of the layer.
Layer palette:
A. Layer mask selected B. Layer mask link icon C. Layer mask D. Vector mask E. Vector mask link
icon F. New Layer Mask
Creating and editing layer masks
You can obscure an entire layer or layer set, or just a selected part of it, using a layer mask.
You can also edit a layer mask to add or subtract from the masked region. A layer mask is a
grayscale image, so what you paint in black will be hidden, what you paint in white will
show, and what you paint in gray shades will show in various levels of transparency.
Background painted with black, head painted with white, neck painted with gray
To add a mask that shows or hides the entire layer:
1 Choose Select > Deselect to clear any selection borders in the image.
2 In the Layers palette, select the layer or layer set to which to add a mask.
3 Do one of the following:
•
To create a mask that reveals the entire layer, click the New Layer Mask button in the
Layers palette, or choose Layer > Add Layer Mask > Reveal All.
•
To create a mask that hides the entire layer, Alt click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS)
the New Layer Mask button, or choose Layer > Add Layer Mask > Hide All.
D
E
C
B
A
F
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To add a mask that shows or hides a selection:
1 In the Layers palette, select the layer or layer set to which to add a mask.
2 Select the area in the image, and do one of the following:
•
Click the New Layer Mask button in the Layers palette to create a mask that reveals
the selection.
•
Choose Layer > Add Layer Mask > Reveal Selection or Hide Selection.
To edit a layer mask:
1 Click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette to make it active.
2 Select any of the editing or painting tools.
Note: The foreground and background colors default to grayscale values when the mask is
active.
3 Do one of the following:
•
To subtract from the mask and reveal the layer, paint the mask with white.
•
To make the layer partially visible, paint the mask with gray.
•
To add to the mask and hide the layer or layer set, paint the mask with black.
To edit the layer instead of the layer mask, select it by clicking its thumbnail in the Layers
palette. The paintbrush icon appears to the left of the thumbnail to indicate that you
are editing the layer.
To paste a copied selection into a layer mask, Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click
(Mac OS) the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette to select and display the mask
channel. Choose Edit > Paste, drag the selection in the image to produce the desired
masking effect, and choose Select > Deselect. Click the layer thumbnail in the Layers
palette to deselect the mask channel.
To select and display the layer mask channel (Photoshop):
Do one of the following:
•
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer mask thumbnail to view only the
grayscale mask. The eye icons in the Layers palette are dimmed because all layers or
layer sets are hidden. To redisplay the layers, Alt-click or Option-click the layer mask
thumbnail, or click an eye icon.
•
Hold down Alt+Shift (Windows) or Option+Shift (Mac OS), and click the layer mask
thumbnail to view the mask on top of the layer in a rubylith masking color. Hold down
Alt+Shift or Option+Shift, and click the thumbnail again to turn off the color display.
To disable or enable a layer mask:
Do one of the following:
•
Shift-click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette.
•
Select the layer with the layer mask you want to disable or enable, and choose Layer >
Disable Layer Mask or Layer > Enable Layer Mask.
A red X appears over the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette when the mask is disabled,
and the layer’s content appears without masking effects.
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To change the rubylith display for a layer mask (Photoshop):
1 Do one of the following:
•
Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS) the layer mask thumbnail to select the
layer mask channel; then double-click the layer mask thumbnail.
•
Double-click the layer mask channel in the Channels palette.
2 To choose a new mask color, in the Layer Mask Display Options dialog box, click the
color swatch, and choose a new color. (See “
U
sing the A
dob
e C
olor P
ick
er
”
on page
261
.)
3 To change the opacity, enter a value between 0% and 100%.
Both the color and opacity settings affect only the appearance of the mask and have no
effect on how underlying areas are protected. For example, you might want to change
these settings to make the mask more easily visible against the colors in the image.
4 Click OK.
Creating and editing vector masks
A vector mask creates a sharp-edged shape on a layer and is useful any time you want to
add a design element with clean, defined edges. Once you create a layer with a vector
mask, you can apply one or more layer styles to it, edit them if needed, and instantly have
a usable button, panel, or other Web design element.
To add a vector mask that shows or hides the entire layer (Photoshop):
1 In the Layers palette, select the layer to which you want to add a vector mask.
2 Do one of the following:
•
To create a vector mask that reveals the entire layer, choose Layer > Add Vector Mask >
Reveal All.
•
To create a vector mask that hides the entire layer, choose Layer > Add Vector Mask >
Hide All.
To add a vector mask that shows the contents of a shape (Photoshop):
1 In the Layers palette, select the layer to which to add a vector mask.
2 Select a path or use one of the shape or pen tools to draw a work path. For more infor-
mation, see “
C
r
ea
ting a w
or
k pa
th (P
hot
oshop)
”
on page
201
.
3 Choose Layer > Add Vector Mask > Current Path.
To edit a vector mask (Photoshop):
Click the vector mask thumbnail in the Layers palette or the thumbnail in the Paths
palette. Then change the shape using the shape and pen tools.
To remove a vector mask:
Do one of the following in the Layers palette:
•
Drag the vector mask thumbnail to the Trash button .
•
(Photoshop) Select the layer with the vector mask you want to delete, and choose
Layer > Delete Vector Mask.
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To disable or enable a vector mask:
Do one of the following:
•
Shift-click the vector mask thumbnail in the Layers palette.
•
(Photoshop) Select the layer with the vector mask you want to disable or enable, and
choose Layer > Disable Vector Mask or Layer > Enable Vector Mask.
A red X appears over the mask thumbnail in the Layers palette when the mask is disabled,
and the layer’s content appears without masking effects.
To convert a vector mask to a layer mask (Photoshop):
Select the layer with the vector mask you want to convert, and choose Layer > Rasterize >
Vector Mask.
Important: Once you rasterize a vector mask, it cannot be changed back into a
vector object.
Unlinking layers and masks
By default, a layer or layer set is linked to its layer mask or vector mask, as indicated by the
link icon between the thumbnails in the Layers palette. The layer and its mask move
together in the image when you move either one with the move tool. Unlinking them lets
you move them independently and shift the mask’s boundaries separately from the layer.
To unlink a layer from its mask:
Click the link icon in the Layers palette.
To reestablish the link between a layer and its mask:
Click between the layer and mask path thumbnails in the Layers palette.
Applying and discarding layer masks
When you have finished creating a layer mask, you can either apply the mask and make
the changes permanent or discard the mask without applying changes. Because layer
masks are stored as alpha channels, applying and discarding layer masks can help reduce
file size. (See “
S
t
or
ing masks in alpha channels
”
on page
280
.)
To apply or discard a layer mask:
1 Click the layer mask thumbnail in the Layers palette.
2 To remove the layer mask and make changes permanent, click the Trash button at
the bottom of the Layers palette, then click Apply (Photoshop) or Yes (ImageReady).
3 To remove the layer mask without applying the changes, click the trash button at the
bottom of the Layers palette, then click Discard (Photoshop) or No (ImageReady).
You can also apply or discard layer masks using the Layer menu.
Selecting opaque areas on a layer
By loading a layer mask, you can quickly select all the opaque areas on a layer—that is, the
areas within the layer boundaries. This is useful when you want to exclude transparent
areas from a selection. You can also load the boundaries of a layer mask as a selection.
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To load a layer or layer mask’s boundaries as a selection:
Do one of the following:
•
In the Layers palette, Ctrl-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac OS) the layer or layer
mask thumbnail.
•
To add the pixels to an existing selection, press Ctrl+Shift (Windows) or
Command+Shift (Mac OS), and click the layer or layer mask thumbnail in the Layers
palette.
•
To subtract the pixels from an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt (Windows) or
Command+Option (Mac OS), and click the layer or layer mask thumbnail in the Layers
palette.
•
To load the intersection of the pixels and an existing selection, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift
(Windows) or Command+Option+Shift (Mac OS), and click the layer or layer mask
thumbnail in the Layers palette.
To move all the contents of a layer, you can use the move tool without loading a
transparency mask.
Creating clipping groups
In a clipping group, the bottommost layer, or base layer, acts as a mask for the entire group.
For example, you might have a shape on one layer, a texture on the overlying layer, and
some text on the topmost layer. If you define all three layers as a clipping group, the
texture and the text appear only through the shape on the base layer, and take on the
opacity of the base layer.
Note that only successive layers can be included in a clipping group. The name of the base
layer in the group is underlined, and the thumbnails for the overlying layers are indented.
Additionally, the overlying layers display a clipping group icon . The Blend Clipped Layers
As Group option in the Layer Style dialog box (Photoshop) or the Layer Options palette
(ImageReady) determines whether the blending mode of the base affects the whole
group or just the base. (See “
G
r
ouping blend eff
ec
ts
”
on page
299
.)
Clipping group with Layer 1 and lion layers
To create a clipping group:
1 Do one of the following:
•
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), position the pointer over the line
dividing two layers in the Layers palette (the pointer changes to two overlapping
circles ), and click.
•
Select a layer in the Layers palette, and choose Layer > Group with Previous.
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Link together the desired layers in the Layers palette. (See “
Link
ing la
y
ers
”
on page
289
.)
Then choose Layer > Group Linked.
The clipping group is assigned the opacity and mode attributes of the bottommost layer
in the group.
To remove a layer from a clipping group:
Do one of the following:
•
Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS), position the pointer over the line
separating two grouped layers in the Layers palette (the pointer changes to two
overlapping circles ), and click.
•
In the Layers palette, select a layer in the clipping group, and choose Layer > Ungroup.
This command removes the selected layer and any layers above it from the clipping
group.
To ungroup all layers in a clipping group:
1 In the Layers palette, select the base layer in the clipping group.
2 Choose Layer > Ungroup.
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