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A simple request, but a little complicated to explain.
To create an Adjustment Layer you can click on the Create a New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers Palette. Select an adjustment and a layer along with a mask is created. Great. But the mask is, by default, unfilled (i.e. filled with white paint).
If I want to paint-in the adjustment in only a small area I need to delete the Layer Mask (drag it to the waste-bin icon – a dialogue asks me if I want to delete it and YES, I do) then I can click on the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers Palette. If I hold-down the Options/Alt key a filled Mask is created (i.e. filled with black paint).
All this is fine but its taken four steps to achieve this.
Question.
How can I click on the Create a New Layer button and have Photoshop create a filled (black) layer instead of an unfilled (white) layer, all with a key press and one click ? Ive tried a variety of key combinations of the Command, Control, Option and Shift keys with no success.
Any ideas ?
To create an Adjustment Layer you can click on the Create a New Layer button at the bottom of the Layers Palette. Select an adjustment and a layer along with a mask is created. Great. But the mask is, by default, unfilled (i.e. filled with white paint).
If I want to paint-in the adjustment in only a small area I need to delete the Layer Mask (drag it to the waste-bin icon – a dialogue asks me if I want to delete it and YES, I do) then I can click on the Add Layer Mask button at the bottom of the Layers Palette. If I hold-down the Options/Alt key a filled Mask is created (i.e. filled with black paint).
All this is fine but its taken four steps to achieve this.
Question.
How can I click on the Create a New Layer button and have Photoshop create a filled (black) layer instead of an unfilled (white) layer, all with a key press and one click ? Ive tried a variety of key combinations of the Command, Control, Option and Shift keys with no success.
Any ideas ?
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