On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 11:14 PM, David Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
Smart Objects have been around since CS2. I have CS5 myself -- haven't upgraded to CS6 quite yet (though I'm nervous about waiting too long) -- and use SO's sometimes. Especially for filters like High-pass and Gaussian blur, none of which are adjustment layers. Yeah, I do that with groups too. But I more often use Clipping to add an adjustment layer to just a single layer, the one right below it. -- -bmw -- 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.
