Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Modify a photo with an ON-IMAGE ADJUSTMENT TOOL
Some adjustment layers include a targeting tool for
editing specific areas in an image.
With a Curves adjustment layer, you click in the
image using the On-image adjustment tool to set a
point on the curve and drag up or down to edit the
contrast and tones. The shape of the curve in the
Properties panel changes to match. Each time you
click another area in the photo, a new point is set and
dragging alters the curve.
With a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, you click a
particular color in the image with the On-image
adjustment tool and drag left or right to reduce or
increase that color’s saturation. Each time you click a
different area in the image, the corresponding color’s
saturation decreases or increases in the photo and
the color slider moves in the Properties panel.
When you use a Black & White adjustment layer to
convert a color photo, you can adjust the range of
tones by clicking with the tool and dragging left or
right directly on dark or light areas in the photo.
This task applies a Black & White adjustment layer.
The steps are basically the same for the other types
of adjustment layers with an On-image adjustment
tool.
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1 Open a color photo.
2 Click the Adjustment Layer
button in the Layers panel.
3 Click Black & White.
Note: You can optionally click the
Black & White Adjustment Layer
button ( ) in the Adjustment
Layer panel.
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The photo changes to black and
white and the Properties panel
opens.
4 Click the On-image adjustment
tool.
5 Click in the image on an area to
lighten and drag to the right.
Note: The mouse pointer changes
to an eyedropper.
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