Do Now: Take out your notebook and a pen.

Do Now: Take out your notebook and a pen.

Aim: How would you use adjustment layers to modify the appearance of another layer?

Mr. SpaterellaTechnology Nov. 4

Adjustment Layers• An adjustment layer is a layer whose sole purpose is

to modify (“adjust”) the appearance of another layer.

• Once you specify the settings, Photoshop applies the adjustment to the layer you’re adjusting without actually changing the pixels in the layer.

• You can remove any adjustment layer you’ve created, restoring the the underlying layer to its original state.

• An adjustment layer is a layer whose sole purpose is to modify (“adjust”) the appearance of another layer.

• Once you specify the settings, Photoshop applies the adjustment to the layer you’re adjusting without actually changing the pixels in the layer.

• You can remove any adjustment layer you’ve created, restoring the the underlying layer to its original state.

Why Use Adjustment Layers?

1. Adjustment layers never alter the pixels in the layers you adjust, so you can change, hide, or remove the effects of the adjustment at any time without degrading the pixels in the original layer.

2. Adjustment layers enable you to pinpoint exactly where to reveal (and conceal) the effects of an adjustment throughout each specific layer

3. You can alter the settings in your adjustment layers at any time. If you don’t use adjustment layers, you’d have to step back through your History, erasing all the other changes you made after making that initial adjustment.

1. Adjustment layers never alter the pixels in the layers you adjust, so you can change, hide, or remove the effects of the adjustment at any time without degrading the pixels in the original layer.

2. Adjustment layers enable you to pinpoint exactly where to reveal (and conceal) the effects of an adjustment throughout each specific layer

3. You can alter the settings in your adjustment layers at any time. If you don’t use adjustment layers, you’d have to step back through your History, erasing all the other changes you made after making that initial adjustment.

How to use Adjustment LayersTo add an adjustment layer to an existing layer:

1. Click on the layer that you’d like to adjust.

2. Click on the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon located at the bottom of the Layers palette.

3. In the menu that appears, select the adjustment that you’d like to make (Photoshop CS3 has 17 adjustments).

4. In the dialog box that appears, specify the settings of the adjustment that you prefer and click OK.

To add an adjustment layer to an existing layer:

1. Click on the layer that you’d like to adjust.

2. Click on the Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer icon located at the bottom of the Layers palette.

3. In the menu that appears, select the adjustment that you’d like to make (Photoshop CS3 has 17 adjustments).

4. In the dialog box that appears, specify the settings of the adjustment that you prefer and click OK.

Create New Fill or Adjustment Layer

Photoshop CD Design Project

• Design a CD cover - Front and Back Cover • You can use an existing artist/musician or

create one of your own.• Use a unique font that reinforces the style of

the music.• Choose images that coincide with the theme

or imagery of the style of music. • Repeat the same font and imagery to make

all components of the CD consistent visually with the same theme and colors.

Size Specifications:

CD cover: 4.75” x 4.6875”

CD should have a Band name as well as an Album name:

Example:

Band Name: AC/DC

Album Name: Back in Black

Photoshop CD Design Project

CD cover examples

CD cover examples

CD cover examples

CD cover examples

CD cover examples

Front Cover Back Cover