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Question - creation of linked Adjustment Layer easily in PS CS
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| I've got a question about the creation of Adjustment Layers in PS CS. Since
about PS ver 7, an Adjustment Layer, when created, was global, effecting all
Layers below it. One can tie/link it to a specific Layer by placing it above
the desired affected Layer and then Ctrl-clicking the border between the two,
but I'm looking for a way to do this in the creation process. I have many
instances where I want to create an Adjustment Layer specific to one Layer. All
I seem to be able to do is Create Adjustment Layer, OK, Ctrl-click the border,
then double-click the Adjustment Layer's control and make the changes desired.
Am I missing a one-step creation mode? Ctrl-Create, Alt-Create and
Shift-Create, do not seem to do it. I'll bet that Adobe has a simple way to do
this, but I cannot seem to find it. Any suggestions?
TIA
Hunt
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| Hunt wrote:
> I've got a question about the creation of Adjustment Layers in PS CS. Since
> about PS ver 7, an Adjustment Layer, when created, was global, effecting all
> Layers below it. One can tie/link it to a specific Layer by placing it above
> the desired affected Layer and then Ctrl-clicking the border between the two,
> but I'm looking for a way to do this in the creation process. I have many
> instances where I want to create an Adjustment Layer specific to one Layer. All
> I seem to be able to do is Create Adjustment Layer, OK, Ctrl-click the border,
> then double-click the Adjustment Layer's control and make the changes desired.
> Am I missing a one-step creation mode? Ctrl-Create, Alt-Create and
> Shift-Create, do not seem to do it. I'll bet that Adobe has a simple way to do
> this, but I cannot seem to find it. Any suggestions?
>
> TIA
> Hunt
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Ctrl-G?
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| In article <IKurc.2347$Hf.1366071@newshog.newsread.com>, edjhann@hotmail.com
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>Ctrl-G?
No, that's not it.
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| Hunt wrote:
> In article <IKurc.2347$Hf.1366071@newshog.newsread.com>, edjhann@hotmail.com
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You can Alt-click on the icon at the bottom of the Layer Palette and get
the dialog and tick Group with Previous, but I don't think that's what
you want.
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| In article <m3wrc.2350$Hf.1367452@newshog.newsread.com>, edjhann@hotmail.com
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>Hunt wrote:
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>That's as close as you can get. There isn't a one step process.
Thank you. Maybe I'll request that function from Adobe for CS.x
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| In article <z7wrc.2351$Hf.1367491@newshog.newsread.com>, edjhann@hotmail.com
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>Hunt wrote:
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all[color=darkred]
above[color=darkred]
>You can Alt-click on the icon at the bottom of the Layer Palette and get
>the dialog and tick Group with Previous, but I don't think that's what
>you want.
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Unfortunately, Alt-clicking on the New Adjustment Layer icon (I assume that
that is the icon that you are referring to) doesn't do anything. I see the
Adjustment Layer drop-down for a split second, but it doesn't stay, and nothing
else happens.
The big drawback with the method that I am now using, besides the extra
clicking, is that I have usually accept an un-corrected Adjustment Layer, as
any changes that I'm likely to make will effect the entire image. In my cases,
I'm doing selective Adjustment Layer corrections on just my active layer. I can
then Alt-click to Link the AL with the correct Layer, and go in and do my
corrections, but it would be very nice to it in a more simple manner.
Thanks for your ideas. I'll continue to play with it and then do a request to
Adobe for a new feature.
Hunt
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| In article <z7wrc.2351$Hf.1367491@newshog.newsread.com>, edjhann@hotmail.com
says...
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>Hunt wrote:
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all[color=darkred]
above[color=darkred]
>You can Alt-click on the icon at the bottom of the Layer Palette and get
>the dialog and tick Group with Previous, but I don't think that's what
>you want.
No - wait! You've got it. If I Alt-click on New AL icon, and then drag the
mouse to the drop-down (pop-up in this case) menu, it stays and I get a New
Layer dialogue box for whichever function I have chosen. In that dialogue box,
I can check, "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask" and it's done.
You just saved me a bunch of time - double thanks!
Hunt
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| Thomas G. Madsen 2004-05-21, 11:28 pm |
| Hunt wrote:
> One can tie/link it to a specific Layer by placing it above
> the desired affected Layer and then Ctrl-clicking the border
> between the two, but I'm looking for a way to do this in the
> creation process.
Apart from what's already said about the Alt key and the
New AL icon in the bottom of the Layer palette, you can also
have a look inside Keyboard Shortcuts in the Edit menu (of
Photoshop CS only). In there you can define a shortcut for
Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels or whatever.
Then all you need to do is to press that shortcut on your
keyboard, check the "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping
Mask" in the dialog box, and you're done.
Xpost to alt.graphics.photoshop and comp.graphics.apps.photoshop.
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Regards
Madsen
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| Thomas G. Madsen wrote:
> Hunt wrote:
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> Apart from what's already said about the Alt key and the
> New AL icon in the bottom of the Layer palette, you can also
> have a look inside Keyboard Shortcuts in the Edit menu (of
> Photoshop CS only). In there you can define a shortcut for
> Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Levels or whatever.
> Then all you need to do is to press that shortcut on your
> keyboard, check the "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping
> Mask" in the dialog box, and you're done.
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> Xpost to alt.graphics.photoshop and comp.graphics.apps.photoshop.
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Right, but then potentially you'd have over a dozen actions and their
shortcuts just for this function. Seems so much easier to create an AL
and hit Ctrl-G. Are you sure that shortcut doesn't exist in CS? Or can't
be given to a key in the keyboard shortcuts dialog?
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