Nondestructive Editing - Adobe 13102498 - Photoshop CS3 - Mac User Manual

Click the pattern, and choose a pattern from the pop-up palette. Click Scale, and enter a value or drag the
Pattern
slider. Click Snap To Origin to make the origin of the pattern the same as the origin of the document. Select Link
With Layer if you want the pattern to move along with the layer as the layer moves. When Link With Layer is selected,
you can drag in the image to position the pattern while the Pattern Fill dialog box is open.
Edit an adjustment or fill layer
You can edit an adjustment or fill-layer setting, or replace it with a different adjustment or fill type.
You can also edit the mask of an adjustment layer or fill layer to control the effect that the layer has on the image. By
default, all areas of an adjustment or fill layer are "unmasked" and are therefore visible. (See "About layer and vector
masks" on page 318.)
Change adjustment and fill layer options
Do one of the following:
1
• Double-click the adjustment or fill-layer thumbnail in the Layers palette.
• Choose Layer > Layer Content Options.
Make the desired adjustments, and click OK.
2
Note: Inverted adjustment layers do not have editable settings.
Change the type of adjustment or fill layer
1 Select the adjustment layer or fill layer that you want to change.
Choose Layer > Change Layer Content and select a different fill or adjustment layer from the list.
2
Merging adjustment layers or fill layers
You can merge an adjustment or fill layer several ways: with the layer below it, with the layers in its own grouped
layer, with other selected layers, and with all other visible layers. You cannot, however, use an adjustment layer or fill
layer as the target layer for a merge. When you merge an adjustment layer or fill layer with the layer below it, the
adjustments are rasterized and become permanently applied within the merged layer. You can also rasterize a fill
layer without merging it. (See "Rasterize layers" on page 290.)
Adjustment layers and fill layers whose masks contain only white values do not add significantly to the file size, so it
is not necessary to merge these adjustment layers to conserve file space.

Nondestructive editing

About nondestructive editing
Nondestructive editing allows you to make changes to an image without overwriting the original image data, which
remains available in case you want to revert to it. Because nondestructive editing doesn't remove data from an image,
the image quality doesn't degrade when you make edits. You can perform nondestructive editing in Photoshop in
several ways:
Working with adjustment layers
nently changing pixel values.
Transforming with Smart Objects
Adjustment layers apply color and tonal adjustments to an image without perma-
Smart Objects enable nondestructive scaling, rotating, and warping.
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