Specifications

The Digital Fine Print Course
Refining a Fine Print
Copyright Les Walkling 2012
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Blending Adjustment Layers
Many of ‘Photoshop > Image > Adjustments’ can be loaded as Adjustment Layers. This
allows incremental adjustments to be made with a reduced risk of incremental posteriza-
tion. When the image is then flattened, archived or printed, only one adjustment per
adjustment layer is applied. Blending Adjustment Layers with different Blending Modes
further refines this technique by helping to constrain the adjustments to desired values.
This results in the image Colour (Hue and Saturation) as well as Brightness all being affected. But when the Adjustment
Layer is blended on Luminosity the Hue remains unchanged and only the Brightness and Saturation are changed.
Adding a HSL Adjustment Layer blended on Color adjusts the Hue of the image
while attempting to maintain its relative luminosity (Brightness and Saturation).
Blending on Normal changes Hue but does not alter Brightness or Saturation.
This also encourages the independent
editing of Tone, Contrast and Colour.
Original Image by Glenn Guy
Adjustment Curve RGB
Adding an RGB Curve Adjustment Layer
Blended on Normal (default setting).