Graphics Programs Reference
In-Depth Information
5
In the Adjustments panel immediately above your layers, click the Hue/Saturation
icon to open the Properties panel.
Click the Hue/Saturation icon.
The Properties panel for the Hue/Saturation settings appears. Using an adjustment
layer ensures that your original pixel data remains untouched.
6
Drag the Hue slider to the left to approximately the -180 mark, or type
-180
in the
Hue text box. This adjusts the color of the butterl y to blue. Click the Properties tab
to close the panel.
7
Choose File > Save. This is the crucial step. As noted in the dialog box in step 4, you
must save the current document without renaming it. Choose File > Close to close
the image.
8
In the ps1001_work.psd i le, notice that the blue butterl y has been updated. This is
because Butterl y 4 is a Smart Object layer connected, or linked, to the original i le,
which is now embedded inside the ps1001_work.psd i le.
Suppose you need to adjust the settings of the hue/saturation layer again; you can
return to the adjustment layer to make any necessary changes.
9
Double-click on the Butterl y 4 layer thumbnail to reopen the source i le. The
warning dialog box you saw previously appears. Press OK.
This dialog box can be turned of by clicking the
Don't Show Again
checkbox in the lower-
left corner.
10
In your layers panel, double-click the Layer thumbnail icon on the Hue/Saturation
layer to reopen the Properties panel with the Hue/Saturation options visible.
Double-click the Layer thumbnail icon
to reopen the properties panel for
Hue/Saturation.
