Remembering and Adjustment Layer/collapse TF trick?

I vaguely remember one of the AE gurus coming up with a trick that stuck an Adjustment Layer (?) in between 3D layers in order to collapse all the layers below into 2D space... or something like that? It was something like pre-comping, but without the precomp.
Does that ring a bell with any one? My Googling skills are suffering this Monday.

Dave is correct. Other kinds of layers that break 3D interactions are listed here:
http://helpx.adobe.com/after-effects/using/3d-layers.html#3d_layer_interactions_render_ord er_and_collapsed_transformations

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Animate transform of sequence and adjustment layer

New to AE - trying to use it to rescue some time lapse footage taken in very dusty conditions. Lots of sensor dust
So far
Exported sequence as tiff's from LR
Imported as tiff sequence in AE
Created "New comp from selection"
Set the comp to 1080p24
On the footage layer - scaled down to 46% to see all the image
Added an adjustment layer
Added small ellipse masks over each dust spot to the adjustment layer
Feathered all masks to about 10px
Applied the dust and scratches filter to the adjustment layer and set to radius 30
This looks very nice. It's worked for all 6 sequences so far.
What I want to do now is a false pan or zoom by using different parts of the image - after all - the tiff sequence is far larger than 1080p.
I tried creating a new comp - embedding the original comp as a layer and then keyframed the position and scale of the layer. This gives me the effect I want and holds the footage and adjustment layer transform in sync - but - I'm seeing poorer quality as I scale closer.
I suspect that if I applied the scaling to the original footage layer in the original comp I'd not see this degredation (in other words - instead of scaling the outer comp from 100% to 130% I reckon that I should scale the footage layer itself in the inner comp from 46% up to 80% or so). This would also be more flexible as I could move across an image with position transform rather than just scaling.
But I just can't quite see how to also scale and position the adjustment layer in sync so that the masked ellipses stay over the dust spots over time.
I'd thought I could simply manually apply the same transform to both layers - but the footage layer starts at 46% scale - the adjustment at 100% (looks like it'd work for position tho).
Would be glad if someone could point me in the right direction

That looks perfect. Didn't even know it existed - but it looks like it does exactly what I want - control the inner params on each layer from the outer comp.
Will give it a try.
Then I just have to get quicktime rendering not to crash but that's a different question

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:
I would like to be able to compensate for this. Presumably this should done with an adjustment layer made in Photoshop which I can then import into Premier Pro. Can anyone advise as to how I do that?
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jacques

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

Photoshop CC2014.2, Mac OS X: Bug with eyedropper and adjustment layer?

Hi,
I am constantly running into a weird behavior that I have a hard time not to classify as a bug.
Can someone please verify this and instruct me where to place a proper bug report?
How to repeat:
- Create a new document (RGB, white background)
- Use the brush and paint a desaturated colored area
- add a levels adjustment layer to make it lighter or add contrast
- go back to the paint layer
- set the eyedropper to only sample the active layer
- Use the eyedropper to sample the color
- Paint a new area
= The sampled color gets modified by the adjustment layer
- Turn off the adjustment layer
- redo sample and paint
= The adjustment layer will still affect the eyedropper tool
- Delete the adjustment layer
- redo sample and paint
= The adjustment layer will still affect the eyedropper tool even if it's removed!
- Restart photoshop and load the document
- redo sample and paint
= Now it works normally again.
There is one other way to get it back to normal and that is to reset the adjustment layer before deleting or turning it off.
Mac OS X Mavericks
Photoshop CC 2014.2

Bump. Am I really the only one that encounter this issue? Feeling lonely...

Photoshop Elements 9 Layers not functioing (Layer Mask and Adjustment layer)

Does ayone know of a problem with PS Elements 9 layers and Windows 7?

What happens when you try to use layers?

Why use layer masks and adjustment layers?

I've been using PSE and CS successfully for years.
One thing I have never understood is: why use layer masks and adjustment layers, instead of simply creating a copy of the subject layer (the one I want to make changes to) and experimenting with that? It's quick (Ctrl-J), I can do it as many times as I want, I'm not affecting my Background layer. If I like the changes, I can keep them. I can switch the copy on and off to compare with the Background layer. I can do any type of blend or combination I desire. I can insert Gradient layer(s), select any part of the copy and (Ctrl-J) create a new layer containing only the selected part. I can adjust size, rotate, do anything.
It almost seems that "layer mask" and "adjustment layer" are mainly another layer of terminology; can anyone explain (preferably in 50 words or less) how they are intrinsically different from or superior to working with copies of the Background layer? What can be done with them that can't be done simply using copies of the Background layer?

Here's a very basic example of the advantage of using a layer mask.
I have this picture of a sunflower and I want to convert the background to black & white, leaving just the flower in color. I duplicated the Background layer, converted it to B&W and proceeded to use the Eraser to uncover the flower color. But I made a mistake and erased outside the flower. There is no way to correct this other than deleting the layer and starting again.
Now let's use a layer mask on the B&W layer. Set the Foreground/Background colors to the defaults black/white. Using the Brush tool paint on the mask with black to reveal the color. Here I painted too far, revealing a green leaf in the background. No need to start over. Simply switch to white and paint the excess to convert back to the B&W.
Tip: while painting you can type "X" to toggle between black and white.
You could also select the flower using the various selection tools and then fill the selection with black. If it turns out the selection was not 100% accurate you can then fine-tune the result by painting on the mask with black or white as necessary.

Applying an adjustment layer / or adjustment TO a layer in a grayscale image is NOT happening!

I'm a long time user of Photoshop, but must admit to being stumped here. I have a very high resolution scanned image from a B&W antique engraving, and I'm trying to "open up" some of the lines to bring out the details in the engraved image while keeping the image as close to the "line art" B&W of the original as possible.
I have the image now "cleaned up," having taken out the yellow color casts, etc., and have a grayscale 8-Bit image in the Photoshop file.
I've discovered that I can use an adjustment TO the layer itself, or an adjustment layer on the layer in the grayscale image to take away some of the density and "open up" the line art a little, so it has better details by effectively "choking" the dark lines back to make them less thick and dense.
Here's the thing, though:
When I tried making the adjustments via image > adjustments > levels DIRECTLY ON the layer (instead of using and adjustment layer to achieve this), every time I hit the OK button to accept the adjustments I've made that way, the dialog box closes and the layer seems to revert to looking just the same as it did BEFORE I opened the dialog box to adjust the layer!
When I try making the adjustments by using an adjustment LAYER, and I try to save the Photoshop image as a TIFF file, I find that when I open the saved TIFF image, the layer adjustment I'm seeing in the source Photoshop file has NOT been applied, and the image in the saved TIFF file looks just as dense as the original, unadjusted image in the Photoshop file!
What am I doing wrong here? I want to be able to save out that adjusted image as a TIFF file to use in designs, but I cannot seem to save it as a TIFF that actually CONTAINS or reflects these adjustments after having MADE the adjustments!
Whazzup?!!

Well, I took the layered TIFF file you gave to me and opened it in Photoshop, reviewed the adjustment layer in there and its effect -- thanks: you get what I was trying to do -- and then saved it out as a flat TIFF image, and when I reopened it, voila! it looked like the adjustment had indeed been applied. So this IS a real head-scratcher indeed.
I've now tried going back to my source file and doing the same thing. One thing that I notice is that when I do the Save As of the TIFF with the adjustment layer in it (OR the PSD file, for that matter), when I go to Save YOUR file, the Layer Compression Options are grayed out, but when I go to Save MY file, the Layer Compression Options are active. I've tried now saving both with RLE layer compression AND As a Copy ("discard layers and save a copy"), and neither works.
I noticed, too, that your file had the layer below the adjustment layer still as a "Background," instead of a named layer, so I went back and applied an adjustment layer to a copy of my TIFF file, leaving the image in its layer as a Background layer, and still this did not work.
The only other difference I saw between your TIFF file and mine, is that mine contained transparency, as I've silhouetted away a portion of the image to isolate the central image of the scanned engraving. But even when transparency is not a factor (i.e. I go back and start with a flattened, nontransparent image layer of my TIFF file with a single Background Layer, and I apply the adjustment layer to that, I get the compression options grayed out on Save, and STILL the saved TIFF image I get out of it has "reverted" to the unadjusted appearance.

Adjustment Layer or fill layer for Effects

I have seen this question asked but not answered. I want to be able to apply and effect such as Boris or Sapphire across multiple clips. In AE this can be done with and adjustment layer in Avid by simply dropping the clip on an empty layer. I have seen it suggest that a sequence created with clips to be effect then cut back into the master sequence and then apply the effects. Must be a better way. Any sugestions?

Glad to have added some drama to the forum! But It keeps getting said that I don't care for the answer. I am glad for the answer but a little turned off by how some of you seem to feel it is necessary to respond. I asked a simple question and didn't need a lecture on how FCP is not Avid or AE, Duh!
I had done a quick search of the forums and had not found the answer to my question. I had read about nesting and wanted to know if this was in fact the best way to handle apply effects across multiple elements, seems it is. I also wanted to see if anybody else dealt with fx in a different way. I have been editing long enough and in enough different environments to know that no matter what program is being used you can find a number of editors doing good work with a number of different styles and techniques.
Am I not wrong when I say that nesting a single layer of video in order to apply fx is cumbersome? I do this kind of work a lot and and I end up making many revisions and yes I would prefer not to have to step into a nest in order to change my cut. Is that bitchy?
In the future please no advice. Who are you? My dad?

How do I prevent color streaking outside of an adjustment layer?

When I load a selection and create and adjustment layer, the hue and saturation effects areas outside the layer. You can see the red streaking below. How do I avoid this?

My work flow is to select the object with one of the selection tools, then place the object on its own layer (CTRL+J)
Open the the H/S adjustment layer above this
Next, group the top two Layers (CTRL+G), so that the adjustment is confined

Adjustment layer and Magic Bullet Looks corruption

I often find using the adjustment layers to apply colour correction an easy trick and therefore love the concept.
However, I've recently noticed that PP CS6.0.2 does not like MB Looks to be applied to adjustment layers all that well.
On two recent projects, the primary sequence has become corrupt (PP loads and quits immediately) and I have to recover the edit by copying the none adjustment layer tracks to a new sequence and then relinking the media.
Today, I spent 4 hours recovering another complex sequence and wanted to know if any other person has had a similar experience applying MB Looks to an adjustment layer?
A word of warning to others who might be thinking of the same 'trick'.
Perhaps I am expecting too much of the adjustment layer concept.
Thanks for any responses.
J.

I found myself here because... I was trying to open last saved project and it just crashes.
I did use Magic Bullet "Looks" and "Cosmo" on both footage and adjustment layers.
"Panic... Drink Coffee" !!!!! idea !!!!
Uninstall Magic Bullet
Launch CS6APP
Open same project file warning you don't have plugins installed.
Delete the "Adjustment Layers" (you won't be able to get the adjustment layer settings back but, you will get the edit back
Save project "new name"
Re-install plugins
Re-open CS6APP
"new name" project file opens fine without the adjustment layers.
But wait!!! Why should you uninstall Magic Bullet?????
Open a new project
Import entire project file into new project
Go to media bin and delete the "adjustment layers"
Find last Sequence that had the adjustment layers and you can go back to working
We put finishing effects on entire or even sections of full edit
1. Select edit < New Sequence from clip... apply effects on new sequence
2. Not "adjustment layers" BUT!!
2. Right now I found this just be an issue with RedGiant plugins I'm going to pass this post along to them..
This is a link to our project we had this happen too. (Sound tweaking)
Superfine Bakery : Who we are on Vimeo
CS6APP 6.0.5
MacBookPro Retina 16 gigs of ram
Thunderbolt 2 drive with source
USB 3 drive writing scratch
(2) external monitors attached

How do I create layers in an adjustment layer and transfer those layers?

How do I create layers in an adjustment layer and transfer or duplicate those layers in another image ?
I need to transfer the same colour readjustment from one image to several other images ... I have been told to do this in the adjustment layer platform how ever I cannot drag or copy those layers over to the other images I have open and in need of adjustment to the same layers ...
Images shows my lay out and what i've done this far.
Thank you

You need to get out of single image view. Go to the editor preferences>general>Allow Floating Windows, then go to Window>Images>Float all in Window, then Tile or Cascade. Then you should be able to drag the layers from the layers panel for one image into the main image window (not the panel) for another image.

CS4: Black-and-White adjustment layer - no Saturation slider?

Hi. The modal dialogue for Black and White has the "Colorize" option and for that "Hue" and "Saturation" sliders.
But Black and White as an adjustment layer in the adjustments palette does NOT offer the Saturation slider. At least not in my CS4 Extended on Win XP. There is the targeted adjustment tool (TAT), but it changes color, not saturation.
Can that be or am i missing something?
Thanks!

The interesting thing is that there is an colorization saturation adjustment slider in the imag-adjustment-black and white dialog as shown below.
The lack of that slider in the adjustment panel is a bug in CS4. It was present in CS3.
Adobe should fix that because it is really usefull because it's non-destructive and can be set as a preference.
The cumbersome workaround is to add a hue saturation adjustment layer.

PSE8 - Adjustment Layer White and Black droppers grayed out.

It seems random but sometimes I open a file and select Adjust Layer under guided edit. Once Adjustment Layer has been selected the levels histogram appears. Usually all three droppers are available. Sometimes just the gray dropper. Any idea what's up?
TIA.
.tim.

It seems random but sometimes I open a file and select Adjust Layer under guided edit. Once Adjustment Layer has been selected the levels histogram appears. Usually all three droppers are available. Sometimes just the gray dropper. Any idea what's up?
TIA.
.tim.

Cs3 curve adjustament layer , can i zoom and use the hand too ?

Hi
i have a question about cs3 , under xp
i add a curve adjustament layer ,-> curve dialog (window) open -> well i can zoom with the mouse wheel
but if i keep the space keyboard pressed , i can't use the hand tool
when i click the space keyboard , it works like the [ok] button , in short if like i click on ok and close the window
is there a tip to use the curve adjustament layer , zoom and use the hand tool
thanks
cheers

That's the behavior you would expect in general when using the space bar while a dialog is open in Windows, since the space bar is normally expected to operate the default button - [OK] in this case. Just for thoroughness I did reproduce the issue with Photoshop CS3 just now, just as you described. I don't believe there's any workaround.
This is likely one reason why Adobe implemented the new Adjustments Panel in Photoshop CS4 to replace that dialog entirely. In PS CS4 and newer you get the functionality you desire - that of having the space bar invoke the Panning feature, even though you may be changing the parameters of an Adjustment layer.
-Noel

Cc opacity keyframe on black and white adjustment layer doesn't work

hi
i use premiere cc under w8.1 pro
well i noticed a strange behavior
i added an adjustament layer , black and white effect , and several keyframes
seems that premiere reads only the first one
for example
1) keyframe -> @0% the second keyframe @100% the video is all in color ,doesn't matter how many keyframes i add
2) first key @100% second @0% (opacity) the video is all in black and white , again doesn't matter how many keyframes i add , only the first is read
i tried the black and white effect , on video ,titles and so on and it works perfectly , it doesn't work on the adjustament layer
i tried others effects on adjustament layer and they work
is a bug ?
is there an known bug in prev. versions?
thanks

thanks i do it, saturation
but can't understand why this happen with adjustament layer only
may i know which cc version do you use?
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Remembering and Adjustment Layer/collapse TF trick?

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