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Adding an adjustment layer to the composition
19Lesson 1, Exploring Photoshop
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3 Click on the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer button ( ) at the bottom of the
Layers panel and select Black & White. An adjustment layer is applied, on top of the boy
layer, and the image changes to look as though it is a grayscale image.
The Adjustments panel is now be visible. New in Photoshop CS4, you make revisions
to the active adjustment layer using this panel. If you do not see the Adjustments panel,
choose Window > Adjustments.
Creating a new adjustment layer. All layers beneath are a ected.
In the Adjustments panel, you can change the options that are available for the Black &
White adjustment. For this part of the lesson, you will just use the Click and Drag
adjustment feature.
4 Select the Click and Drag in Image button ( ). Then position the cursor over the boy’s
shirt in the image.
5 Click and drag to the right to see that you are visually adjusting the color interpretation
of his red shirt to make it a lighter gray. Photoshop is interpreting and adjusting the
tonality in the whole image based on where the you click.
6 Click and drag to the left to create a darker gray. No speci c settings are required for
this part of the lesson. Experiment by clicking and dragging on various parts of the boy
image to change the lights and darks in the grayscale image.
In order to apply the grayscale to only the layer immediately beneath, you can clip
the adjustment.
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