Senbonzakura Kageyoshi

This is another great tutorial by anifanatical.

Adjustment Layers can help with two main things when cleaning:

1. Original leveling.
2. Cleaning blacks and whites.

This is because when you use adjustment layers to do leveling, you can change the levels as you work!

The button for adjustment layers is on the bottom of your layers window.

Using adjustment layers for leveling
Click it and go to “levels.”
A normal levels window will appear but instead of just applying the levels to your image, it will create a layer.
In the image, I have the levels layer selected.

Because your levels are on a layer, you can show/hide it like other layers. And now, if you double-click on the layer, you can adjust the levels whenever you need to! It’s extremely convinent to do all leveling in this manner because if you don’t level the page perfectly the first time, you can always go back and edit it.

Using adjustment layers for Blacks/Whites
By using the adjustment layers you can easily max out levels to spot dirt on your page without ruining your original levels.
For example, if you use an adjustment layer to max out blacks, dirt in your whites will show up significantly better.

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And vice-versa for finding white dirt in blacks.

Thanks, ani!!