In article , (Hunt) wrote:
In article , says…
(Hunt) wrote:
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As with most older color photographs, some fading has taken place on those shown. A good starting point would be to Open the photo, and double-click on
the "Background" Layer in the Layers Palette. It will open with only one Layer, and the word "Background" will be italicized. You can then accept the
default name for the Layer – Layer 0 in CS. This will allow you to click on the two colored circle at the bottom of the Layer Palette to make an Adjustment Layer. …
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In my version of CS it is possible to create adjustment layers for the background layer
Peter
I’ll check that out. While I’ve had CS for some time now, I freely admit that I often just do things as I did back in 7, or 6, or 5… If this change has been made, I was certainly not aware of it, and that would eliminate a step.
As far back as v5.5 (Mac OS) at least, there’s nothing to stop you from adding as many Adjustment Layers as you like to an image that contains only the default background layer; I do corrections and certain effects that way all the time.
Were you perhaps thinking of transparency, which is unavailable for a background layer? For example a photo that’s been ‘floated’ as you describe and then made less than 100% opaque would acquire a faded appearance. A background layer filled with a light tan or beige could also be added to simulate the yellowing of old print paper; another approach would be to make a ‘flat’ Curves layer specifying the yellowed or faded paper colour, with a low transparency value. The latter would probably make for a smaller file, as it adds only a single greyscale channel (and the curve data) to the file, rather than the three or four channels needed for a full-colour image layer.
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Odysseus