Edit or merge adjustment and fill layers – Adobe Photoshop CC 2014 v.14.xx User Manual
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Create an adjustment or fill layer mask using a selection or path
1. In the Layers panel, select the layer to which you want to apply the adjustment or fill layer.
2. In the image, create a pixel selection, or create and select a closed path.
A selection confines the new adjustment or fill layer with a layer mask. A path confines the new adjustment or fill layer with a vector mask.
3. Create an adjustment or fill layer.
Create an adjustment layer mask using a color range
The Color Range feature, which is useful for creating a selection area based on sampled colors in an image, can also be used to create an
adjustment layer mask. For more information, see Select a color range.
1. In the Layers panel, select the layer to which you want to apply the adjustment layer.
2. Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer, and choose an adjustment type.
3. In the Masks panel (CS5) or the Masks section of the Properties panel (CC, CS6), click Color Range.
4. In the Color Range dialog box, choose Sampled Colors from the Select menu.
5. Select Localized Color Clusters to build a mask based on different color ranges in the image.
6. Set the display option to Selection, and Selection Preview to None.
7. Click on a color area in the image.
To sample multiple areas, hold down Shift to activate the plus eyedropper. Hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS) to activate the
minus eyedropper.
As you click on image areas, you can preview the mask in the Color Range dialog box. White areas are unmasked pixels, black areas
masked, and gray areas partially masked.
8. Use the Fuzziness slider to increase or decrease the range of colors around your sample colors that are included in the masked area. Use
the Range slider to control how far or near a color must be from the sample points to be included in the mask. After adjusting the mask,
click OK to close the Color Range dialog box.
9. Modify the adjustment as needed in the Properties panel (CC, CS6) or Adjustments panel (CS5).
The adjustment is only applied to the unmasked (or partially masked) areas of the image. If necessary click Color Range again to make
further adjustments to the adjustment layer mask.
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