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Adding an adjustment layer to the composition
Adobe Photoshop CS4 Digital Classroom
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You see a light copy of the graphic appearing. The bene t of using a light opacity is that
you can brush (by clicking, dragging, and releasing the mouse) lightly in some areas, or
repeatedly in other areas to increase the opacity of the cloned pixels. Using the Clone
Stamp tool, paint the outside edges of the graphics lightly, but paint repeatedly over the
center part of the image to make those clone pixels more opaque.
Paint repeatedly in the center area, above the boy’s head,
to build up the opacity.
11 When you have cloned the graphic to your satisfaction, click on the image tab for
ps0103.psd to activate that window, and then choose File > Close. If you are prompted
to save changes, choose No.
12 Choose File > Save. Keep the  le open for the next part of this lesson.
Don’t like what you created with the Clone Stamp tool and want to try it again? The bene t of
working on a new blank layer is that you can choose Select > All and then press the Delete key
to delete the cloned pixels, and start cloning again.
Adding an adjustment layer to the composition
Adjustment layers are not new to Photoshop. They have been used for several versions as a
method for making non-destructive editing changes to layers. In this lesson you  nd out how to
create an adjustment layer using the new Adjustments panel. For more details about adjustment
layers, read Lesson 9, “Taking Layers to the Max.”
1 If the Layers panel is not visible, choose Window > Layers.
2 Click on the layer named boy. The default is for an adjustment layer to appear on top of
the active layer.
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