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Old 19-01-2013, 06:53 PM
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Originally Posted by pmrid View Post
How do I set the clipping mask.
Right-click on the Hue/Saturation Layer, and then select "Create Clipping Mask". You'll see that the Hue/Saturation Layer becomes indented, and there's a little arrow that points downwards.

The normal behaviour is for the Hue/Saturation Layer is adjust *everything* below it in the layer stack - which isn't what you want. With a clipping mask, the Hue/Saturation Layer will make the layer below turn blue (for example) - but it won't affect your red or green layers.

I've attached a couple of screen shots to show the difference. This is from CS6, but it looks pretty much the same in CS5 too.
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