Removing a portion of a layer with Adjustment Layer?

My brain isn't working too well today. How would I go about removing a portion of a image using Adjustment Layers?
I can't alter the opacity of layers below an Adjustment Layer using that Adjustment Layer can I?

[I can't alter the opacity of layers below an Adjustment Layer using that Adjustment Layer can I?]
Yes, if you apply AE's native "Transform" filter to the adjustment layer and keyframe the opacity.
It's not really using an adjustment layer, but similarly you could also remove a portion of an image without directly editing that image layer by using asolid above it masked to the shape you need as a track matte ... or even with stencil/silhouette alpha blending modes.
BTW, it makes me feel better to know I'm not the only one whose brain just flat out stops working at times and I have to go to the forums and ask how to do things I've done a million times. ;~)

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- I loose sound sometimes during playback, I can not hear anything.
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>What to do?
Start by asking in a forum that is specific to your program... what program are you talking about?
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The Cloud forum is about the Cloud as a delivery & install process
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Hi,
I am running PS CC 2014 and all I want to do is to adjust a skin tone to match it to the rest of the bodys skin color.
I have watched some videos on YouTube but my PS doesnt seem to work that way and I wonder why.
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Copy background layer.
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For what it's worth: I have found that when sculptural modeling is involved, such as the in the hand, working with Curves in LAB (where tone is discrete from color) produces the color change more naturally and provides greater control over local contrast. You may want to consider that alternate approach. In this sample, the left forearm provided the reference color and I chose to lighten the tonal scale a bit.
One off-topic comment: A shorter than normal focal length lens creates a foreshortening that makes near objects disproportionately large in relation to the rest of the object or scene. In this instance, consider its effect on the hand-head sizes. I would suggest that a focal length at least 1 1/2 times normal would be more appropriate.
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I'm not sure if this is a setting, or a bug, or the way adobe intended it, but perhaps some of you may know.
In Photoshop CS4, I have a few color samplers around the stage. I notice that the color readouts require that I make some adjustments using a curves layer. I add the curves adjustment layer and start to make adjustments. The only problem is that while I have an adjustment layer selected (so I can make changes to it) my color sampler readouts in the info panel display blank.
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I'm not sure if this is a setting, or a bug, or the way adobe intended it, but perhaps some of you may know.
In Photoshop CS4, I have a few color samplers around the stage. I notice that the color readouts require that I make some adjustments using a curves layer. I add the curves adjustment layer and start to make adjustments. The only problem is that while I have an adjustment layer selected (so I can make changes to it) my color sampler readouts in the info panel display blank.
In previous version of photoshop this was not the case as you could open the adjustment dialog without actually having that adjustment layer selected. I love the new adjustment layer panel, but its really frustrating having to make some changes to an adjustment layer and then select another layer to see what those changes did to the color samplers, and back and forth, and back and forth.
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I'm trying to blur out a logo on a shoe, but I'm having some difficulty getting the tracker to stick to the logo. Can someone help me, please. Here are the steps I took:
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Make sure that you have picked the right target. Make sure that you've picked the right options. You should be using Transform as the track type. You should also do a quick Google search. There are a bunch of tracking tutorials out there.
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Yes! I am confused too! But, no, I am positive of the approach as I saw it in use. Can you read a .psd image from an e-mail? (I'm really stupid about most things.) If yes, then I can send each step - otherwise...
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J

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Peachpit Press (2008) [A really fine book]
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