Be creative to create your own adjustment layer with the powerful Adobe Photoshop CS3.

With Adobe Photoshop CS3, you can make a lot of adjustments to an image with the adjustment option that you can find on the image menu. Actually, if you made the duplicate from the background layer, you are able to adjust your photo with the duplicate without altering the original layer. But, if you are using that method, you will lose some data each time you try to change the pixels in the image. If you are trying to combine a few adjustments, you can lose much more pixel information.
However, you should not worry at all if you are using Adobe Photoshop CS3. With applying an adjustment layer instead, you are now having a chance to apply tonal and color changes to your photo without altering any values of your pixels. With using adjustment layers, you are able to try many settings and edit the adjustment layer. If you want, you can use the opacity or fill sliders to reduce or vary the effect of the adjustment. An adjustment layer can affect all of the layers below it.
Photoshop CS3 have a lot of different types of adjustment layers that you can access through the layer menu. Here is how to use an adjustment layer to adjust a photo nondestructively.

1. Click Layer – new adjustment layer.
2. Select the adjustment type that you want to make. Lets say you pick levels. After that, the new layer dialog box will appear. Type a name for the adjustment layer. Then, click ok. Make sure that the preview box is checked.
3. Drag the slider to the right until it is below the rise of the black histogram that you can find on the left side.
4. Drag the other slider to the right until it is below the rise of the black histogram on the right side. The changes you made will be instantly applied to the image.
5. Repeat step 1 and 2. Try to select different adjustment layers. Select the exposure.
6. Drag slightly to the right or left to adjust the exposure. Make the changes to your design style. Then, click ok after you are satisfied with the result.
7. Turn off the visibility icon for each adjustment layer you made and hide the adjustment.
8. Last, compare the effect of the adjustment layer. If you do not like the effect of the adjustment layer, you can simply delete it.
9. Be creative to create your own adjustment layer with the powerful Adobe Photoshop CS3.

M.A.H.

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