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The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe® Photoshop®
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The Hidden Power of Adjustment Layers in Adobe® Photoshop®

by Scott Valentine
December 2013
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
272 pages
6h 45m
English
Adobe Press
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Appendix C. Adjustment Layers Reference

Each adjustment layer is presented in detail, along with examples of its effect and a selection of presets. You’ll also find a handy table of bit-depth and color space compatibility.

Brightness/Contrast

Image

The Brightness/Contrast adjustment lets you make simple adjustments to the tonal range of an image. Moving the Brightness slider to the right increases tonal values and expands image highlights, to the left decreases values and expands shadows. The Contrast slider expands or shrinks the overall range of tonal values in the image.

In normal mode, Brightness/Contrast applies proportionate (nonlinear) adjustments ...

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