PhotoPlus X2 User Guide - Serif

Layers and Masks 139
• Negative Image: Invert each colour, replacing it with an "opposite" value.
• Posterize: Apply the Posterize effect by limiting the number of lightness levels.
• Black & White Film: Convert your colour image to black and white
intelligently.
For more in-depth details on each adjustment, view the PhotoPlus help, click the
Contents tab, and open the "Image Adjustments and Effects" book.
To create an adjustment layer:
1. Click the New Adjustment Layer button on the Layers tab.
2. Select the name of the adjustment from the flyout menu.
3. Use the displayed dialog to pick the settings to be applied, then click OK. A
new adjustment layer, with adjustment name and identifying thumbnail, is
inserted above the active layer. The adjustment is applied to all underlying
layers.
To change the specific settings for an effect:
• Double-click the adjustment layer's name in the list and then use the dialog
again.
To access layer properties for an adjustment layer:
• Right-click the layer name and choose Properties....
As with other layers, you can change the adjustment layer’s name, hide the
adjustment, set its Opacity, Blend Mode and/or Blend Ranges. You can also drag
an adjustment layer up or down within the Layers tab to determine exactly which
other layers are below and therefore affected by it.