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Lesson 8:   08-A   08-B   08-C   08-D
Experience:  You should be able to use adjustment layers to bring out the best in a photo - or to be creative, adding effects that enhance your image, poster, or other design.

Objectives:
​Section 08-A (Monday)
  • What are adjustment layers?
  • How are adjustment layers different than in the image - adjustments menu?
  • The anatomy of an adjustment layer
Section 08-B (Tuesday)
  • Using adjustment layers presets
  • Brightness/Contrast • Levels • Curves • Exposure • Vibrance
Section 08-C (Wednesday)
  • Hue/Saturation • Color Balance • Black & White • Photo Filter • Channel Mixer • Color Lookup
  • Invert • Posterize • Threshold • Selective Color • Gradient Map
Section 08-D (Thursday)
  • Shadows/Highlights
  • Three different ways to add an adjustment layer
  • Fill Layers:  Solid fills, gradient fills, pattern fills

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Photo: The Assembly Hall ©2015 Nathan Smith
USU students, all the assignments, discussions, exercise files, reading assignments for lesson 8 will be found in Canvas - Lesson 8 Module. See the image at right.

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This page last updated December 26, 2017.  This lesson combines my own work (images, text, videos) which are ©2017 by Nathan Smith.  All other images, videos, and cited text sources are curated from the internet, and are publicly available.