<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:23 PM, Dmitry Kazakov <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dimula73@gmail.com">dimula73@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">>> We have a bit strange suff with adj. layers. Why do we have this<br>
>> STRANGE selections on them? Why are they needed? What is the usecase<br>
>> when we have usual, easy to use, Transparency Masks feature? It would<br>
>> be more logical to use masks instead!<br>
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> The selection is shown because currently we show the selection of the active<br>
> layer. The selection is used as a mask.<br>
> The adjustment layer works like a filter mask, just as a layer. You could do<br>
> that with transparency masks<br>
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> to but then you can't edit the adjustment layer anymore.<br>
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</div>I haven't understood the last idea. What do you mean?</blockquote><div><br>At the moment you have an adjustment layer with an editable selection. If you remove the selection you can't edit the adjustment layer itself anymore (except changing the filter), but would have to use a seperate mask for the same effect.<br>
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