Accessibility
Adobe
Sign in My orders My Adobe

Key concept: Adjustment layer

photoshop logo

You may have searched for:
alteration, change, color adjustment, fill layer, layer mask, modification, modify, non-destructive edit, tonal adjustment

  •  
  • Bookmark and Share

Created:
15 May 2010
User Level:
Beginner
Products:
Photoshop CS5 or later
Lightroom 3 or later

Adjustment layer

A layer that lets you apply color and tonal adjustments to your image without permanently changing pixel values. Use adjustment layers to experiment with color and color tones. You can think of an adjustment layer as a veil through which the underlying layers are seen.

The original image on the left has no adjustment layer. The image on the right has an Invert adjustment layer. You can turn off or edit an adjustment layer at any time.

Tools used to work with
adjustment layers


Related concepts


View all key concepts


About the author

Adobe Systems Incorporated