Bair Art Edition's Tutorial on:
Adjusting Color & Exposure
In Adobe Photoshop
Grouping Adjustment Layers
In the last section, we separated the foreground out into a new layer with fine edges. Now we are going to apply an adjustment to that layer without affecting the background.
Make sure you are on the layer you want to adjust, and select Layer/ New Adjustment Layer..., and select one. In this case we'll use curves:
When the new layer menu comes up, click on Group With Previous Layer
The results are as follows (I applied two curves adjustments, one for exposure, and one for contrast):
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These are the other sections of this module:
- The Intro to This Module - Well, it introduces the module, what else?
- Magic Wand Tricks - A common tool and technique, but you could learn something.
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Making Layer Masks - Quick masks, selection masks, custom adjustment layer masks, inverse masks, etc.
- New Layers From Selections - How to make the separation a new layer, quickly and effectively, how to mask the edges,etc.
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