Explain how to adjust a color using Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and apply a clipping mask to affect only one layer?

Explain how to adjust a color using Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and apply a clipping mask to affect only one layer?

• A. Add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer; modify Hue/Saturation; Alt/Option-click between the adjustment layer and the target layer to create a clipping mask.
• B. Add Hue/Saturation adjustment layer; then merge layers to apply only to one layer.
• C. Instead of a clipping mask, apply the adjustment to the whole image.
• D. Convert the adjustment layer to a Smart Layer and paint on it.

Answer: (B)

The idea being tested is using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer together with a clipping mask to limit the color edit to a single layer. Here’s how it works step by step: add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, then adjust the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness to shift the colors as needed. To confine that adjustment to just one layer, create a clipping mask so the adjustment layer only affects the layer beneath it. Do this by Alt/Option-clicking between the Hue/Saturation layer and the target layer (or right-click and choose Create Clipping Mask). You’ll see a doorway-like icon indicating the clipping relationship, and the color changes will apply only to that one layer. If you don’t clip, the adjustment applies to all visible content, which isn’t selective. Merging the layers would make the adjustment part of the merged result, destroying the ability to edit the effect non-destructively on just that layer. Using a clipping mask is the non-destructive, precise way to target a single layer with Hue/Saturation.

The idea being tested is using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer together with a clipping mask to limit the color edit to a single layer. Here’s how it works step by step: add a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer, then adjust the Hue, Saturation, and Lightness to shift the colors as needed. To confine that adjustment to just one layer, create a clipping mask so the adjustment layer only affects the layer beneath it. Do this by Alt/Option-clicking between the Hue/Saturation layer and the target layer (or right-click and choose Create Clipping Mask). You’ll see a doorway-like icon indicating the clipping relationship, and the color changes will apply only to that one layer. If you don’t clip, the adjustment applies to all visible content, which isn’t selective. Merging the layers would make the adjustment part of the merged result, destroying the ability to edit the effect non-destructively on just that layer. Using a clipping mask is the non-destructive, precise way to target a single layer with Hue/Saturation.