On Mar 4, 2014, at 2:15 am, Bruce Walker <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 11:20 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I use adjustment layers all the time, they're great. I just wish the >> highlight/shadow tool was available as an adjustment layer. > > Two words: Smart Object. > > While it would be nice if it was an adjustment layer, it's not a > biggie for me. I primarily use the highlight/shadow tool to retouch > eyes and that requires copying just the eyes to their own layer for > the tool to calculate the right values. I'll look into smart objects, assuming they're available in CS5 :) For some of the files I processed today I created a new layer with the areas I wanted to adjust, so I may continue to do that in future. I've also been known to create layer groups for difficult areas. If you set the blending mode on the group to "Normal" (default is pass-through) you can add adjustment layers to the group without affecting the layers underneath it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
