There are a range of adjustments which can be applied to your photo as a new layer for corrective or creative purposes.
Adjustments are applied to your image from the Adjustment panel and most include customisable settings alongside general adjustment options.
Adjustment layers only affect layers which are below them. Alternatively, you can make an adjustment a child of a layer (or layer group), thereby affecting that layer (or layer group) only.
Some adjustments (i.e., Curves, Levels, or Channel Mixer) can be made in any colour space independently of the document colour space.
The following general settings are available from all adjustment dialogs:
Click one of the adjustment preset thumbnails.
The adjustment is added directly above the selected layer, or at the top of the stack if no layer was selected.
Click Adjustments and select an adjustment from the pop-up menu.
The adjustment is added directly above the selected layer.