Adjustment Layer to Mask?

Hi,
Although the opposite way is already possible,
I was wondering how I can apply an adjustment layer to
a layer mask. This means that I will have an image, an it will
be masked, but then I want to have a dynamic adjustment
layer applied to that layer mask, so I can change the
mask on the fly...
Any help would be appreciated,
thanks

No, you cannot apply an adjustment layer to a mask (the whole concept doesn't work there...).
You can use the Refine Edge and Masks Palette on the mask to make simple changes.

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Discovered an interesting easily repeatable bug on my end.
I'm not sure how innovative of an approach this is - but it made perfect sense to me to use an adjustment layer as a power mask - set my mask size and placement up one time via the adjustment layers opacity - and then throw all my effects onto the adjustment layer to "affect" that same single masked area. The alternative to this, in order to affect the same masked area with different effects, is to drag multiple effects onto the sequence or footage itself and then set up each of their masks to cover the same general area. Obviously much easier and I would assume much less intensive (one single mask over your clip instead of multiples directly on it) to do the former.
Anyway this adjustment layer as power mask approach causes Adobe Premiere Pro CC to crash.
Please (please) note that when I abandon this approach and just put "effect(s) with mask" directly on the footage/sequence itself - I'm fine and can continue to work as normal -- and -- I consistently use adjustment layers with effects sans masks throughout without issue, so no worries there.
Much trial and error revealed it is specifically the adjustment layers with ellipse masks enacted on their inherent opacity that cause the issue.

Hi Cadillacula,
Cadillacula wrote:
Anyway this adjustment layer as power mask approach causes Adobe Premiere Pro CC to crash.
Please (please) note that when I abandon this approach and just put "effect(s) with mask" directly on the footage/sequence itself - I'm fine and can continue to work as normal.
It's crashing? I have 8.1 open and it is not crashing but not behaving correctly. I checked our database and there does appear to be a fix on the horizon for this. I can't say when, of course. Sorry.
Thanks,
Kevin

Huge Bugs with Many Legs Still Living in Premiere Pro - (Border from Sharpening & Flickering from Adjustment Layer)

I haven't edited video in awhile. While working on a new project I've run into a bunch of what I suppose are well known issues in Premiere Pro CC 2014. It seems Adobe has know about these issues for some time, but that for some reason, nothing is being done about them. Here is my most recent experience with editing a video using PP:
1. Found that color correction tools in Premiere Pro for setting White Balance Suck for folks who don't edit video 8 hours a day.
Searched on web to find solution find that Adobe has no fix but random humans have found hack solution: White Balance in Premiere Pro CC on Vimeo
The dude shows you how to use the Cyroce Color Neutralizer plugin from After Effects - but sure enough the current version of the plugin that ships with AE CC 2014 doesn't work with premiere any more so you have to download the old version from dude's website here: http://www.sternfx.com/tutorials/136
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2. Found out that adding an Adjustment layer can cause flickering in footage.
Searched on web to find solution find that Adobe has no fix but random humans have found hack solution: PP CC 2014 - adjustment layers flickering problem : Adobe Premiere Pro AND Re: image flickering from adjustment layer
Added mask to control flickering. More specifically, I turned each effect in the adjustment layer on and off until I found the particular effect that was causing the flickering. Then I created a mask in that effect which covered the entire frame. Mystically the flickering disappeared. Learned that if you make any changes to adjustment layer effects, flickering will return and you have to delete/recreate the mask once again. Ridiculous.
3. Thought all was good and that I could now peacefully continue to finish my project. I was wrong. Found that adding sharpening in adjustment layer causes a small border to form around the entire frame. The pixels seem faded or translucent or something.
Searched on web to find solution find that Adobe has no fix but random humans have found hack solution: Sharpening bug Premiere Pro - - Fourmedia
So now I've learned that the sharpening effect needs to go on it's own adjustment layer. Awesome.
Flickering returns because I made a change to adjustment layer 1. Re-mask. Sweet.
That's it. Pretty sure this post will help folks out, but man I am going to run out and give another NLE a shot. None of these operations should be this difficult. Makes me wonder if Adobe even attempts to use their own programs. I don't see how anyone could possibly let a huge tool like Premiere Pro suffer from these issues -- and for so long a period of time. Absolutely ridiculous. Adobe truly seems to be asleep at the wheel. This is some amateur crap here.

Thanks for this post. It would be cool (since Adobe doesn't seem to use their products) if there were more posts like this that I could read before I upgrade. I'm having the flickering w adjustment layer problem you mentioned in #2 - and this post is over month old! Aghh

How do I blur the edges of an adjustment layer (whose job is to subsequently blur an image)?

So I'm trying to create a sort of rocket blast that distorts the background behind it like a heat wave, but the particle blast, rendered separately from the physical rocket and background, needs to be blurred first before it can act as a mask for the effect. Can anyone help with this. Bear in mind that I am COMPLETELY new to the software. This is literally my first project ever using it, so I would very much appreciate if any answers were thorough and well-explained step-by-step. Thank you.

Using the Pen Tool -- or the Ellipse or Rectangle Tools, for that matter -- create a mask on the adjustment layer. Open the Adjustment layer's Mask properties, adjust the feather to suit your taste.
And if that isn't basic enough for you, you don't have any business running AE.

When I select an adjustment layer I do not automatically get a mask.

Every adjustment layer tutorial that I watch suggests that when I select an adjustment layer I should get a mask with it. I must have something set incorrect because in my case I must actually choose a mask manually.
Any ideas?

Cs4/Cs5 look on the adjustments panel flyout menu and check add Mask by Default.
Cs2/Cs3 look at the Layers Palette options from the flyout menu.
MTSTUNER

Adjustment Layer with Exclusion Mask

I need to adjust an image but leave selected portions untouched.
Alternatively I might like to adjust only the selected portions.
Could you please outline the required steps in setting up these procedures, or point me to a good source for doing so.

Could you please post a screenshot with the pertinent Panels (with meaningful Panel Options) visible?
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Unsharp Mask on Adjustment Layer crushing whites during fade?

I'm using Premiere CS6 with video footage from a Canon T2i. However, the issue appears regardless of the video source.
When I apply a Film Dissolve to a clip in the timeline, then add an Adjustment Layer with an Unsharp Mask on a track above the clip, the whites in the clip appear to become crushed over the length of the transition, while still fading to black. This does NOT happen if I use a Sharpen filter instead of an Unshark Mask, and if I apply the Unsharp Mask to the clip directly instead of using an Adjustment Layer. Fading with another clip looks normal as well, the whites only get crushed when fading to black.
If the problem had to do with the Film Dissolve processing in a linear color space, then I would expect similar results with the Sharpen filter. Likewise, if the problem had to do with the Unshark Mask, then I would expect to see the same thing when it is applied to the clip directly.
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Looks like a bug. Thanks. I'll escalate it.
Workaround looks good, so thanks for that too! Nice find.
PS:
LensFusion wrote: If the problem had to do with the Film Dissolve processing in a linear color space, then I would expect similar results with the Sharpen filter. Likewise, if the problem had to do with the Unshark Mask, then I would expect to see the same thing when it is applied to the clip directly.
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Photoshop cc and cs6 is there shortcuts to add an adjustament layer with black mask?

Hi
i read the manual , i used google to find an answer , nothing
but is there a shortcut to add an adjustament layer like a curve with a black mask ?
thanks

Not that i'm aware of.
After you add the adjustment layer, you could press Ctrl+i (Command+i) to invert the mask.

Adjustment layer to apply to a previous layer mask

i want to use a separate adjustment layer (curves) to apply to the previous layer luminance mask only rather than to the layer as a whole -
possible or no -
i can't see a way to separate applied curves from the mask -
ta,
d

thanks for the quick replies - here is a more detailed explanation of what i want to do -
i've made a luminance mask (command/alt/tilde) and applied it to the layer (to apply sharpening in highlights only) - now, i can also apply curves to this mask for a more precise application of the mask - i'm fine with all this - however -
i'd like to make all of this into an action, still no problem - but i'd like to have the curves (applied to the luminance mask) as a separate layer so that they could be varied after different pictures are put thru the action -
when i try to make a curve adjustment layer it will only apply to the complete picture + mask layer below - i want it to apply to only the mask so that it is tweakable after the batch action -
does this make sense now, and if so is it possible, have i missed something -
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d

Layer mask missing from my adjustment layer

Hello Photoshop gang,
Sometimes when I make an Adjustment layer (like a Vibrance Adjustment) the layer will either have or not have an attached layer mask thumbnail. It lately is NOT showing a layer mask thumbnail. When I have an active selection and then make an Adjustment Layer, it then does have an attached Layer Mask Thumbnail. On another computer, I do the same Adjustment Layer creation, and it DOES automatically have a Layer Mask thumbnail. What is happening on this one computer that causes it to NOT have the Layer Mask thumbnail?
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Mike Witherell in Silver Spring, MD

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-Noel

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I am using Photoshop CC as I stated in my question. All updates have been installed.
I am running on Win 7 Pro 64 bit with all updates installed.
I am editing a photograph.
I have an alpha channel with a grey scale mask.
If I Ctrl+Click the alpha channel then click the Add Layer Mask button to add a layer mask to an image layer the alpha channel mask is added to the image layer.
If I delete the layer mask from an adjustment layer and follow the same steps a solid white mas is added to the adjustment layer.
Several others in the camera club I belong to have tried this with the same result so the problem is not unique to my system.
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Unable to create a mask on Adjustment layer

hi.
I want to apply motion tracking data to a mask, therefore i'm trying to utilize an adjustment layer to control the mask position. So i tracked motion on a video footage, applied tracking data to Adjustment layer, then marked the Adjustment layer and drew a closed mask on it. However, when i finish the mask, it does not "cut the hole" on the video footage (which is right below the Adjustment layer). Tried all the available modes (Add, Subtract, Intersect, etc.) but only the outlines of the mask's shape are visible on the video footage.
How can i apply a mask to an adjustment layer? Or maybe there are other methods to apply motion tracking data to a mask?
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I think that you're misunderstanding how masks on adjustment layers are supposed to work. If you draw a mask on an adjustment layer, you are restricting the area within which the effects on the adjustment layer apply; it does not, as you say "cut a hole in the video footage". If you want to "cut a hole in the video footage", then you make the mask on the footage layer, not the adjustment layer.

Using adjustment layer mask unable to paint in white to reveal adjustment

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Need to create and adjustment layer to compensate for undesirable hue caused by lens

I’m looking for some help to set up an adjustment layer to compensate for a specific lens colouration issue. Basically I’m using a GoPro (on a drone) but I have fitted an aftermarket flat lens. Sharpness is good, but the lens has a well known issue – it results in pink hue around the edges/corners. Most of the time it is barely noticeable, other times it jumps out. It also depends on the monitor I am using eg. my TV seems to bring it out a lot more than my laptop.
Here is an example - look around 0:35 to 0:40 http://vimeo.com/117790732
And to try get an idea of where the issue is on the frame, I picked an example image of frost covered grass, very early in the morning. I then cranked up the saturation to 100% and this is what it looks like:
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Hi Trevor
Thanks for your reply. I did what you suggested and created 2 masked adjustment layers which are basically concentric rings with differing levels of magenta reduction and I then feathered the edges. I have attached 2 images below to show the before and after effect. I’m working on getting this more accurate and I’m also going to look into the technique posted by Normfb. Big thanks to you Trevor for suggesting this – this is all quite new to me and it was very useful to play around with these adjustments layers, masks etc.
Jacques

Why are the adjustment layer controls grayed out?

I have used an adjustment layer in CS5 and when it was first used I could adjust everything. Now most of the controls have grayed out and whilst I can slide the sliders I can not type figures in nor use the radio buttons! Why has it locked me out? It has happened on a few images and with both Colour Balance and Hue and Saturation Layers.
The image above shows the problem with the top Colour Balance layer where I can not select Shadows or Highlights, nor type in figures for the sliders BUT I can slide them and change the tick on Preserve Luminosity! The basic image being edited is an 8-bit RGB file.
Adding a new adjustment layer (Colour Balance) on top of this one initially showed the same problem but after adding 3 more new adjustment layers suddenly eveything came back to fully working again - even the original problem layer!
This problem keeps happening with some of my images. It is happening on all 3 of our photoshop PC's, so it looks like a basic PS bug. Has anyone else seen this or know why it happens?

Thanks for the suggestion but that has no effect on them being grayed out or not. When this problem occurs it does not matter if the Mask is highlighted OR the adjustment itself.
But thanks anyway.
I am currently without the issue on the above example having removed the problem by adding additional adjustment layers and removing them again. Even if I now select just the adjustment mask I can still access ALL adjustment controls without problem.
But it will occur again as it has done over the last few months on a random basis. Hopefully someone else has seen this occur and found a solution?

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