Adobe Photoshop CS3 - Manual (Page 314)

PHOTOSHOP CS3
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Create adjustment and fill layers
Adjustment layers and fill layers have the same opacity and blending mode options as image layers. You can
rearrange, delete, hide, and duplicate them just as you do 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. To create adjustment layers without
layer masks, change this option in the Layer Palette Options dialog (choose Palette Options from the Layers palette
menu).
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.
Adjustment and fill layers
A. Adjustment layer confined to Log Home layer only B. Layer thumbnail C. Fill layer D. Layer mask
Create an adjustment layer
For information on specific adjustment layer options, see “Making color and tonal adjustments” on page 151.
❖ Do one of the following:
• Click the New Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette, and choose an adjustment layer type.
• Choose Layer > New Adjustment Layer, and choose an option. Name the layer, set layer options, and click OK.
To confine the effects of an adjustment layer to a group of layers, create a clipping mask consisting of those layers.
You can place the adjustment layers in or at the base of the clipping mask. The resulting adjustment is confined to
the layers inside the group. (Alternatively, you can create a layer group that uses any blending mode other than Pass
Through.)
Create a fill layer
❖ Do one of the following:
• Choose Layer > New Fill Layer, and choose an option. Name the layer, set layer options, and click OK.
• Click the New Adjustment Layer button at the bottom of the Layers palette, and choose a fill layer type.
Solid Color Fills the adjustment layer with the current foreground color. Use the Color Picker to select a different a
fill color.
Gradient Click the gradient to display the Gradient Editor, or click the inverted arrow and choose a gradient from
the pop-up palette. 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 drag in the image window to move the center of the gradient.
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