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Help with layers


Lee_78

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I am new to Photoshop and require some assistance with an image I’m trying to edit.

The image is of a house and is made up of two separate images – one correctly exposed for the house, the other correctly exposed for the sky.

I opened both images in photoshop and selected the one of the house as my base or background image. I then selected, copied and pasted the other image (sky) on top of my base image (house).

After adding a layer mask I then used the brush tool to brush the areas I wanted to blend.

I now have the house and the sky I want in one image but I want to individually adjust the levels for each part of the image.

I want to do this by adding an adjustment layer so as my alterations can be easily undone without permanently altering or degrading my image.

If I add an adjustment layer it alters both images simultaneously. The only way I can adjust the levels for each image separately is by clicking on each layer and adjusting the levels that way but this will not allow me to amend any changes I make at a later date.

Any help much appreciated – thank you in advance.

Lee
 
Clipping mask is what you need.

Select the layer you want to create an adjustment layer for.
While holding down the Alt key (Option Key on a Mac) choose your adjustment layer and on the next box that pops up check " Use previous layer to create clipping mask"

The adjustment layer will now only be applied the the layer below, not all the layers.
 

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