Each week you will need to respond to two questions posted. Your response should be a minimum of 150 words for both questions. You should also include at least one response to your fellow students. The responses are a requirement for participation part of your grade.
Question 01 –
Describe how to create a curves adjustment.
Question 02 –
How do you create a merged layer on top of the stacking order?
Click the layer in the layers panel, then click the half-white, half-black circle at the bottom of the layers panel to bring up the adjustment layers to perform a curves adjustment. After selecting curves from the menu, the properties panel’s curves adjustment should appear.
Select all of the layers you want to combine by holding down the shift key while you click each layer, then drag the newly created layer to the top of the stacking order. Then click Layer, followed by “Merge Layers,” or CMND- E.
Question 1: To make a curves adjustment, select the layer in the layers panel and click on the half white half black circle on the bottom of the layers panel to pull up the adjustment layers. From the menu, click on curves and the curves adjustment should pop up in the properties panel. An adjustment layer will allow you to make non-destructive changes to your layers.
Question 2: To create a merged layer on top of the stacking order, first select all the layers you’d like to merge while holding shift. Then use the keyboard shortcuts CMD + E to merge all layers selected together. You can also right click on the layers panel after selecting and click “merge layers” from the options menu. To put it on top of the stacking order, click and drag the layer in the layers panel to the top of the stacking order.
Q1- To create a the curve adjustment, first select a layer you want to adjust; afterwards select the curve adjustment tool. It allows you to control the darks and shadows; this is done by controlled sliding on the curve. When clicked on the curve adjustment, it would have created a adjustment layer. In the properties window you can adjust the curves in the layer, the layer adjustment allows the image attached to be changed without making any permanent changes.
Q2- To create a merged layer, select all the layers, starting with the stacking order; then press CMD-E or into layers window to merge layers.
Q1- To create a the curve adjustment, first select a layer you want to adjust; afterwards select the curve adjustment tool. It allows you to control the darks and shadows; this is done by controlled sliding on the curve. When clicked on the curve adjustment, it would have created a adjustment layer. In the properties window you can adjust the curves in the layer, the layer adjustment allows the image attached to be changed without making any permanent changes.
Q2- To create a merged layer, select all the layers, starting with the stacking order; then press CMD-E or into layers window to merge layers.
To create a curve adjustment you’ll have to select a layer. The curve adjustment tool allows you to control shadows, highlights, and midtones. They are controlled by the sliders. But once the layer is selected for adjustment. The curve adjustment tool can be found in the the adjustments panel by selecting the curves icon. It can also be found in the bottom of the layers panel by the circle black and white icon. Once the curve adjustment is applied the layer is adjustable and can be changed at any given moment. Which is important because you don’t want to permanently change it. This allows go back to fix much easier. To create a merged layer on top of the stacking order layers have to be selected. Once the layers are selected they can be merged by pressing command D. Merge layers can also be created by going to the top menu panel and selecting “Layers” then selecting “ Merge Layers”.
Question 01 –
To create a curve layer adjustment, start by clicking on the layer you want to adjust. One you have selected your layer in the layers panel, click the icon of a circle with a diagonal white half and a drop menu will show up. Hover to ‘curves’ and click to create the adjustment layer. From there, in the properties window, you can adjust the curves in the layer. The layer adjustment allows the image attached to it to be changed without making any permanent changes to it.
Question 02 –
To create a merged layer on top of the stacking order, first select all layers you want to merge by pressing shift and clicking said layers. Then press CMND- E or ‘Layer’ then ‘merge layers’.
Hi, Lau Ash
A layer adjusment is very useful because it allows to make changes much easier.