Adjustment layers

Adjustment layers allow you to make non-destructive corrections and enhancements to your photo project (or individual layers).

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Before and after a Recolour adjustment layer was applied.

About adjustment layers

The Adjustments Studio provides a range of adjustments you can apply to your photo or design. Once selected, an adjustment layer is added to the layer stack in the Layers Studio.

There may be times that you only want to apply an adjustment layer to either a single layer or a group of layers. This is easily achieved by clipping.

Adjustment layers also have mask layer properties. Areas of an adjustment layer can be revealed or hidden in the same way as with a mask layer.

Adjustments To apply an adjustment:
  1. On the Layers Studio, select a layer.
  2. Move to the Adjustments Studio, then select an adjustment from the list.
  3. If context options appear for the adjustment, follow the steps below:
    1. Adjust the settings on the context toolbar.
    2. Select another tool or select another layer to close the context toolbar.

The adjustment is added directly above the selected layer.

To modify, merge or delete an adjustment layer:
  1. On the Layers Studio, double-tap the adjustment layer that you want to modify.
  2. Adjust the settings on the context toolbar.
  3. On the context toolbar, choose Merge to apply the changes and merge the adjustment with the layer beneath, or Delete to remove the adjustment layer entirely.
To move an adjustment layer:

Do one of the following:

Erase Brush Tool Paint Brush To mask an adjustment layer:
  1. On the Layers Studio, select the Adjustment layer.
  2. Do any of the following:
    • To 'erase' from the mask, paint with the Erase Brush Tool.
    • To 'restore' areas to the mask, select the Paint Brush Tool and paint (white restores fully, shades of grey or a lower opacity will gradually restore areas).
    • To apply a gradient mask, select the Gradient tool from the Photo Persona and drag across the layer. Adjust the gradient colours from the Colour Studio.

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