Adjustment Layers on GIF images?

Whenever i try to add adjustment layers on my gifs, the result of the adjustment only comes in effect on the first frame, even when the adjustment layer is on the very top?

Adobe Fireworks is specifically designed for PNG and GIF creation and editing. It works much better with layers and frames in animated GIFs than Photoshop.
Photoshop can save images as GIFs, but falls way short in the animation area.

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CS4 - how do you drag adj. layers to other images?

I used to drag adjustment layers between opened image files in CS1. Recently I upgraded to CS4.
Using CS4, even if you open several images at one time, only one of those images is visible on screen at a time.
With only one image visible, how do you drag adjustment layers to other images that are "opened" but not visible on screen?

The application frame isn't the ultimate cause of or solution to this problem. It's the tabbed documents that make the difference, because if you have the tabbed document preference turned on, they'll open as tabs even if the application frame is turned off.
There are a couple of more direct solutions.
If you like tabbed documents, you can still drag one layer to another but you have to use the Move tool. Select the adjustment layer, grab the Move tool, and drag from the document to the tab of the destination window. The destination tab will light up, letting you know you can now drop the layer in the other document.
Or, if you don't like the tabbed documents and want to see them all, split the documents apart. You can drag the tabs out of each other so that the windows float. Or, if you have the application frame on, it's a lot faster to just click the Arrange Documents button in the Application Bar and choose one of the n-up display options to get a nice tiled display. The tiled display is a lot easier to manage than several floating documents.
In any case, you can do all this while leaving the Application Frame on.

Saving and reusing adjustment layers

Hi, I feel like what I'm trying to do should be easy, but I can't figure it out.
I have a set of files that I'd like to apply the same set of adjustment layers to. I opened one of the images, created the adjustment layers, and tweaked the settings until I was happy. Now I'd like to create an action that would apply this set of layers to multiple files in batch mode. I understand that if I were to record my adjustment layer creation, I could replay this, but I didn't record - I have a set of layers (I even saved them to a separate file) but no way to retrace my steps. I could do all this by hand by duplicating my adjustment layer group to files that I open, but I can't find a way to automate this. Any help?
Thanks,
Vladimir

If I correctly understand your question, then my naswer is yes - you can reuse adjustment layers. Say you have a psd file which contains a layer with your image and several adjustment layers on top. To apply those same adjustment layers to other images convert the image layer to a smart object and save the file as your primary image file. I expect the following simple sequence, which is actionable, can be put in a batch process though I've never done it as I can manually click through images as fast as I can hit the keys.
The main features of the action are to open the primary file and right click on the smart object. From the drop down list choose Replace Contents. This brings up a Place window from which you select ( double click) the next image and that image appears in Photoshop's main window with all adjustments applied. Click on save and repeat the process for the next image.
It is rare that I need the same adjustment layers to be applied to many images- it seems that often times each image requires slightly different adjustment settings. The above process, however, works for other operations as well, say filters (smart) or Calculations which I may apply to multiple images.
Paulo

Adjustment layers not 'sticking' on animated GIFs

I'm trying to adjust brightness/contrast and saturation over about 30 layers on an animated GIF. Everything looks great until I do a save for web and click on the animate box. At that point, the color/changes drop off completely. It shows up fine when it's just the one layer being shown. And it seems to be showing up on all the layers when I'm in the main edit window. I keep looking and making sure I have the 'this adjustment affects all layers below,' and I do. I even tried saving a GIF with the other setting turned on and I got the same thing.
Anyway, I exported a few GIFs, thinking maybe the adjustment layers would kick in as it saved, but nope. Neither layer saved into the exported GIF.
I'm sure this is just a simple setting I'm missing, but I'm banging my head against the desk at this point. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Thanks! I'm still trying my best to sort out why the adjustment layers drop off when I go to animate the GIF ... BUT I did duplicate the adjustment layers -- one for each frame -- and then clicked on the adjustment layers and selected layer and merged them one at a time and it worked. It's still more tedious than I hoped, but not as tedious as trying to adjust each layer on its own and having to input the same exact settings for each layer.
I would still be interested in anyone else's take/advice on applying adjustments to all the layers in an image at the same time and having it cary through to 'save for web.' Animated GIFs are so simple in theory, but I'm finding them to be absolutely one of the most frustrating and tedious things to try and edit/create.

How do I save a stack of adjustment layers that I want to then apply instantly to another image ?

Can anyone help with the following Photoshop question please ?
I've been working on a 16bit image in PS CC on my Mac that has a stack of approximately 15 Adjustment Layers (AL's) which has taken a fair amount of work to put together and then saved as an unflattened PSD. The AL's consist of Curves, Selective Colour, Hue & Sat, Vibrance, Col Bal and Photo Filters with a variety of Masks. All AL's have been renamed with their own unique names.
My question is:
How do I save this stack of 15 AL's, as I want apply them to other similar images that where shot during a motor drive burst either side of the image mentioned above ?
I know I can achieve exactly what I want by dragging all 15 AL's from the original image on to newly opened individual images.
Although this method works absolutely perfectly and is instant I want to be able to somehow apply these AL's in an instantaneous automated way to enable me to deal with the large numbers of images that I want to apply this to.
It appears to be the case that it isn't possible to simply select the complete stack of AL's from the original image, copy them and then paste them into a new image ! If this was possible I would simply create a simple action to deal with it.
I know already that I can create an action to deal with this now, however that entails laboriously retracing what I did to the original image by saving presets to the many AL's, then reloading them, putting them in the correct order and finally renaming all of the AL's but as you'll appreciate it's a fairly long drawn out process which would take forever.
I also need a method which has instant built in flexibility for when I tweak some of the AL's settings. At this point I wouldn't want to then have to go through the whole process of re-writing an involved action.
I hope the above makes some sense to you all and that you can understand what I want to do.
I've briefly looked over the Adobe forum where many people have been trying to find unsuccessfully the answer to this question for many years. If anyone has some sort of workaround for this I would very much appreciate hearing from you.
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Adjustment layers effects not applying when flattening image or merging layers CS6

So about a week ago I noticed something changed with my adjustment layers. In an image I would make a selection and start using adjustment layers to edit that selection, and then once I was finished, I would merge the adjustment layers together so that I could erase outside areas where the effect was not intended. However, whenever I merged the layers, the effects would go away and the thumbnail preview by the layer title would become blank (gray and white transparent) as if there was not anything on the layer. I messed around and I reset Photoshop, and then I thought the layers were fixed. They were somewhat fixed, except I've started having trouble again. Now I'm having difficulty editing this one image i'm on. It's a portrait with a photoshop-created red mask going around eyes, and I used the dissolve layer effect on the original mask creation which was black at first. Then I selected that selection and made more layers editing the hue, saturation, brightness/contrast, and exposure.
I tried to save the image as a jpeg, and the effects were messed up. The hue and all other adjustment layers seemingly applied, except the dissolve effect does not show up at all. So I tried to fix it manually. I flattened the image first with intention to then save it as a jpeg, but as soon as I flattened the image, again the dissolve effect was not applied. Then I tried to merge the layers, and yet again, the dissolve effect was not showing up. It shows up fine in PSD form, something's wrong with the conversion process. Please don't be mean to me. I'm not great at photoshop, I'm not saying that I am or claiming to be a pro or anything I just want help from people who actually get it. I have CS6 and use a Macbook Pro.

I stopped even trying to read this append. For is seems very complex and overwhelmed my little mind. Please consider including some screen captures showing your Photoshop window with your document that your writing about open and the layer palette shows the structure of the document. For me examples and screen capture of the steps involves involved would be very helpful.

Problems with adjustment layers in image

I've been working with an image with about a half dozen layers. Some of these are Curves adjustment layers, I've also added a layer, using Soft Light mode, and then paint either in black or white to dodge and burn the image. At some point, when I started painting in this layer, or in the masks of the adjusment layers, instead of seeing my results in the image, I'm see red brush strokes being added to the image. It looks like the red you get when you toggle the "\" key and you're seeing what's in the layer and the masks in rubylith.
Also, when I select a layer, it turns light gray, not blue, as with other images.
What is wrong here?
David

Okay, I don't know what the problem was, but I fixed it by going into Channels, deleting the 'Mask' channel, then adding back a mask to the Curves adjustment layer.
All is well, but I'm still curious as to what happened.
d.

Flattening image changes values of adjustment layers

I'm working with CS3 on a Mac OS 10.4.9, 4.5 gb ram. My image consists of 6 adjustment layers and a background layer. 5 of the adjustment layers (all curves) are set to luminosity and 1 color balance layer is set to normal blending mode. When I flatten the image the tonality in part of the image changes. I also tried merging down the adjustment layers one by one into the background layer but the final result is the same. Any suggestions?

Are you looking at the image at 100% of size (actual Pixels)?
It make a difference to what you see on the monitor when you flatten Layers.

[CS5][Save for Web][Anti-aliasing] Fine lines in exported PSD with adjustment layers

Hello,
You can reproduce the bug this way:
- link a PSD with a adjustment (Levels, Brightness/Contrast) layer in your AI file
- Save for Web, with AA for Art (not text) selected
In the exported image there will be artefacts, white lines usually.
Flattening the PSD or deleting the adjustment layers will solve the problem and anti-aliasing will be applied correctly.
I used CMYK/RGB settings, FOGRA39/Adobe RGB 1998 for all the files involved.

Hi,
I am experiencing this same problem of pixelated gifs when I use the "save for web" dialog from Illustrator, but this solution has not worked for me. I have tried the trick of using type-optimized anti-aliasing, but it doesn't change the output at all. I've done this from within the "Image size" tab as well as through Effect>Rasterize>Options)Anti-aliasing: Type Optimized. My image is a logo made entirely from text, although for some of it I used "outline path", so I'm not sure if it still qualifies as text...I'm a newbie at this stuff, so the technical details are still quite opaque to me.
Does anyone know of a solution to this that does not require me to add Photoshop to my workflow?
I'm using Illustrator in CS5, version 15.0.2.
Thanks in advance
Jonathan

Creating GIF images, how do I edit all frames at once?

Hey everyone. So I now how to make GIF images already. The problem I'm having is that I can't seem to figure out how to edit all the frames at once. I would like to brighten them up and add curves, maybe sharpen.
I tried selecting all the layers, but then all the image editing options greyed out and weren't available.
I really don't want to individually edit 58 frames, lol.
Is there a way to edit all at once?
PS - I'm using Photoshop CS3, if that helps!
Thanks a lot!
Mike

amazing, you're just amazing!!
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How do I copy layers from one image to another?

I am editing figures for a journal and I need arrows for multiple images. Is there a standard arrow? I can only see free hand. If I use a free hand arrow I then want to copy it to the other images for consistency. How do I copy or share layers between images?

There are many arrows in the shape tool, or you can set the line tool to have an arrowhead in the tool options. You can copy/paste layers from one image to another, or drag a layer from the layers panel into the main image window of another image and then use the move tool to position it. You can also drag into the thumbnail in the photo bin, but you'll still need to bring the image up to adjust the positioning.

How to add an Image layered over another Image?

In our application, we display a big image file in the main application window.
Now, we want to display customer's image(like their logo etc.,) just layered over main image on the top-left corner, restricted in size.
Tried to visualize it !
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Is it possible to show a JLabel over another JLabel?

Solution 1:
JLabel is a container, So you can add any component on top of JLabel but normally it will not display but if you set any layout then you can see the added component.
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     JFrame frame = new JFrame();
     frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
     JLabel bigImg = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("F:\\tmp\\bigImg.jpg"));
     JLabel logo = new JLabel(new ImageIcon("F:\\tmp\\logo.gif"));
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     bigImg.setLayout(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT, 0, 0));
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Solution 2:
draw the logo image on top of the big image.
    public static void solution2() {
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     ImageIcon bigImg = new ImageIcon("F:\\tmp\\bigImg.jpg");
     ImageIcon logo = new ImageIcon("F:\\tmp\\logo.gif");
     int w = bigImg.getIconWidth();
     int h = bigImg.getIconHeight();
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Trying to understand the use of adjustment layers

I think I am missing something here so thought I would bring it here for discussion.
I am learning to do Adjustment Layers and when I do an adjustment layer of levels and then another of hue/saturation it has no way of confirming my choices. If then want to do Shadows/Highlights it will not work change anything and I think it is because I have not confirmed the adjustment layer. What do I need to do after doing the adjustment layer to go ahead and do something else no as an adjustment layer on the photo OR is that impossible. How to make this work????
Sandie

An Adjustment layer effects all visible pixles in the layers below itself. So if you have a Levels Adjustment Layer and the Background layer below, the entire Background layer is affected. If you have another layer above the Background that is not an Adjustment Layer but only covers have the entire image space, the Levels Adjustment will effect the additional layer and the visible parts of the Background layer. If you add a second Adjustment layer, the effects stack. The lower of the Adjustments is applied first, the second is applied afterward, moving upward.
The Adjustment Layers themselves are transparent, they are a bit like a lens filter on your camera. Just like looking through a pair of sunglasses causes the world to appear darker, an a Levels Adjustment Layer can make the layers beneath it appear darker (or lighter, as dictated by the settings). But as Ken mentions, the strenght of using an Adjustment Layer, as opposed to using an Adjustment, is that you can always come back and change the settings later.

Effects on adjustment layers not working in PPro CC 2014

I am trying to use an adjustment layer to add an effect to my entire project (about 3 minutes). When I add the adjustment layer and the effect, nothing happens. I can apply the effect directly to a clip and it works fine.
Am I missing something or is this a bug?
Thanks for the help,
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Mmmm.. maybe there is indeed an issue with the adjustment layer, I have a project that I opened up and wherever I have adjustment layers, they all show as black image...if I check off the effect, then i see my footage underneath.. but as soon as I add an effect (in this case, brightness and contrast + Tint), then it goes to black... changing the blend mode doesn't do anything either...

Adjustment layers not working in CMYK MODE?

Hi Guys
I have a photoshop issue and was wondering if you could shed any light on the matter?
When ever i set my document to CMYK mode, some of my adjustment layers become 'un-selectable' such as the Black & White, vibrance and the exposure adjustment layers?
They work fine in RGB mode but was curious if this was common place?
Any information woould be greatful

but surely the black and white one does? or am i wrong there?
It would seem you are.
You can still use Hue/Saturation as a work-around.
how do i go about finding that particular thread?
That’s no thread but a headline in the Help; personally I prefer to download the pdf:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/photoshop/cs/using/index.html
I am working in cmyk as the poster i am producing is for print, so the document is put into that mode for that purpose.
If you are using/combining photographic images this approach may not be ideal and incurs the risk of overshooting the TAC.
On the other hand if you have lots of text, fine lines or other elements that are supposed to, for example, print in pure black working in CMYK would be called for.

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