Combining adjustments with layers

One of the great things about isolating images to separate layers inside…Photoshop is that you can edit their luminance levels and color values…independently using adjustment layers.…Now we've already seen adjustment layers in a previous exercise, now let me show…you how much more powerful they can be inside a layered composition.…I'm working inside a file called Water model.psd, found inside the…exercise files folder.…And notice we've got three layers over here inside the layers panel.…I want you to see how each layer is put together.…

You can view one layer by itself, by Alt+Clicking, or Option+Clicking on the Eye…icon in front of that later.…So I'm going to Alt+Click, or Option+Click on the Eye in front of the…Background layer, and then also we have a very basic blue at the top to white…at the bottom gradient.…I created that gradient using the gradient tool, which is located about midway…down inside the toolbox.…Above that I've got this facing layer.…Once again, I'm going to Alt+Click, or Option+Click, this time in the empty box…