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History Palette
Adjustment Layers Basics
Shadows and Highlights
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Cloning and Color Matching
Smart Filters
Resizing Images
Fixing Crooked Pictures

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Adjustment Layer Basics

Adjustment Layers allow one to implement many color corrections that were usually accomplished in the darkroom. For example, one can correct color casts as demonstrated in the example below. In this lesson, students will explore several Adjustment Layer utilities. Students will fix color casts, redirect the color balance within a photo, add photo filters and apply gradient overlays.

 

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Yellow Cast Thumbnail    
Color Cast Correction Composite

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Gradient Adjustment

Beauty Makeover Hue and Saturation Gradient Adjustment