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Posted on 10/01/09 1:48:38 PM |
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Thistle Faith Ince
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ck & White Adjustment Layer
I was given a new Photoshop book for Christmas. It states: "For a typical Ansel Adams style Landscape, add a Black & White adjustment layer and choose the Red Filter preset as a starting point. Then drag the cursorover the areas whose tones you want to modify.Here I clicked in the sky and dragged left, making Photoshop darken that area in the black-and-white rendition. The rock wall was then lightened by dragging the cursor to the right in that area." Can anyone suggest where I am going wrong? I worked in Channels, but when I clicked and dragged the cursor, I got a selected area - and I could not see any 'darkening' or lightening' occur. Looking for someone to sort out this problem for me. Thistle |
Posted on 10/01/09 4:12:25 PM |
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dave.cox
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Re: ck & White Adjustment Layer
It's kind of difficult to see what you are trying to do from what you have here, but I suspect what you need to do is paint on the mask layer to hide or reveal the affect of the adjustment layer. Try adding your adjustment layer, making your adjustment (It will affect the entire image). After you are happy with the adjustement, click on the mask icon for the adjustment layer. It is the one to the right of the little adjustment layer icon. It will probably look like a white box, just to the left of the layer name. With the mask selected, paint on the image with black. This will hide the affect of the adjustment layer wherever you paint with black. Paint with white to reveal the affect again. Dave |
Posted on 10/01/09 8:21:04 PM |
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David Asch
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Re: ck & White Adjustment Layer
This could be an issue with the version of Photoshop you're using. If the book was written for CS3, the ability to use 'on-image' adjustments with the B&W adjustment layer was there by default. In CS4, however, you need to enable them by clicking the icon in the adjustment panel. Once you're in this mode, when you move the cursor over the image it becomes an eye-dropper. If you click and drag it will target the colour beneath the cursor and adjust its tonality.  _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 14/01/09 11:36:39 AM |
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Thistle F. Ince
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Re: ck & White Adjustment Layer
Thanks Dave and David for your advice. I am using CS4 and that was the problem - trying to follw CS3 instructions while using CS4. Best wishes, Thistle |
Posted on 14/01/09 11:36:43 AM |
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Thistle F. Ince
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Re: ck & White Adjustment Layer
Thanks Dave and David for your advice. I am using CS4 and that was the problem - trying to follw CS3 instructions while using CS4. Best wishes, Thistle |