Adobe Photoshop CS4 Studio Techniques

Adjustment Layer Features

Let’s take a look at the accessories that are attached to an adjustment layer (Figure 5.8). After an adjustment layer is added to the Layers panel, the eyeball icon determines whether the adjustment layer is currently affecting the appearance of the image. To its right is another icon that represents the type of adjustment being applied. Simply double-click that adjustment layer icon to edit that adjustment. To the right of the adjustment layer icon is a link symbol, which really doesn’t apply to adjustment layers. And to the right of that is a layer mask that allows you to limit where the adjustment will affect the underlying image. Photoshop automatically names each new adjustment layer with the selected adjustment, ...