Adjustment layer in Premiere?

Hi all,
I remember seeing a video where a Transparent/ black video/etc..was added to the above layer of all clips.
It would act as an adjustment layer.
I know I could Nest them, but that would mean I would loose the ability to move clips around unless I double click them.
I remember there was a way to add an adjustment layer in premiere.
Anyone know?
Thanks,
lou

> Then how would explain Adjustment Layers in AE and PS? Those are both
transparent layers to which you can apply effects and change the values
of pixels in layers below.
FWIW, the way that an adjustment layer works in After Effects is that it takes the composited/rendered result of the layers beneath it as input and then operates on that single input just as if it were any other layer. A lot of people misunderstand, thinking that the adjustment layer is somehow reaching down into those underlying layers and affecting each of them individually. In fact, the way that most people explain adjustment layers is to say that "applying an effect to an adjustment layer applies the effect to all of the layers beneath the adjustment layer". As you can tell from my explanation of how they actually work, this isn't quite right. Also, you can see how applying an effect to a nested sequence is doing almost exactly the same thing as applying an effect to an adjustment layer.

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