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INSPIRED ADJUSTMENTS

Every New Layer Changes the Story

Rich blue and aqua abstract artwork created using Photoshop Adjustment Layers to explore color, tone, and image transformation.

Students discovered the creative power of Photoshop's Adjustment Layers by transforming a single image through experimentation and exploration. Working through every adjustment layer—from subtle tonal corrections to dramatic color transformations—they learned how each layer changes the mood, style, and visual story of an artwork. The project introduces nondestructive editing while encouraging students to make creative decisions that result in completely unique final compositions.

Adjustment Layers • Nondestructive Editing • Levels & Curves • Color Theory • Tonal Control • Creative Experimentation • Layer Management • Photoshop Interface Fundamentals • Visual Experimentation • Visual Decision-Making • Photoshop Workflow • File Management • Exporting Images

SKILL FOCUS:

SOFTWARE:

Adobe Photoshop

COURSE:

Exploratory, Level 1

PROJECT #:

10

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Wicomico High School

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Salisbury, MD 21804

(410) 677-5146

Instructor: Maria Cook, B.A., M.A.T.
mcook@mywcps.org

 

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