Layer drop down box next to tool tabs

Permanently deleted user

• December 08, 2015 23:52

Can anyone tell me the function of this drop-down box?

Please see to clarify what I am talking about

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  PhaseoneUser55657

  • December 09, 2015 00:49

  That shows you what layer you are working on, adjusting and it only shows up if you have adjustment layers. I never understood the need as If you are on the layers tab, the layer you are working on would be highlighted. (I guess you could collapse the local adjustment tool, then you could use that to select the layer).
  
  Robert

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  Ian Wilson

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  • December 09, 2015 19:15

  

  [quote="PhaseoneUser55657" wrote:
  That shows you what layer you are working on, adjusting and it only shows up if you have adjustment layers. I never understood the need as If you are on the layers tab, the layer you are working on would be highlighted. (I guess you could collapse the local adjustment tool, then you could use that to select the layer).
  
  Robert

  
  But if you have gone back to another tool tab, say the exposure tab, you can choose which layer you are working on without switching tabs again. (But having said that, I must admit that I don't use that drop down much.) The other thing that it is useful for is as a reminder if you are on another tab that you might not be adjusting the layer you think you are.
  
  Ian

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  Permanently deleted user

  • December 10, 2015 00:13

  Thanks for the info Robert. I can seed that it saves some space in the panel if you collapse the local adjustment tool, so that might be its purpose.
  
  Ian, for me, C1P v9 on Windows 10, as soon as I move to another tool tab I can only adjust the background layer settings and no other layers regardless of which layer I choose in the drop down so it's of no use then at all as far as I can ascertain.
  
  Thanks again.
  
  Phil

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  Permanently deleted user

  • December 10, 2015 00:21

  Just found out how to get it working when not on the local adjustments tab.
  
  When on a different tab, click the menu on an adjustment (e.g. Clarity) and select Adjust Selected Layer. YOu get a small brush icon appearing to alert you to the fact that you are now doing local adjustments, and then you can use the dropdown to select which layer to adjust. Quite clever really once discovered 😊
  
  Phil

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  SFA

  • December 10, 2015 03:10

  [quote="PMLPhoto" wrote:
  Just found out how to get it working when not on the local adjustments tab.
  
  When on a different tab, click the menu on an adjustment (e.g. Clarity) and select Adjust Selected Layer. YOu get a small brush icon appearing to alert you to the fact that you are now doing local adjustments, and then you can use the dropdown to select which layer to adjust. Quite clever really once discovered 😊
  
  Phil

  
  
  Glad you found that Phil.
  
  I was about to write it up - saved me the time.
  
  There are some reasons to think of it as a little redundant really these days but it was a fairly important part of using layers when the layers functionality was first released. Also still useful if you have the tools hidden or maybe to see what you have in the way of layers (assuming they are usefully named) when working with multiple screens and separating the viewer from the tools.
  
  That said I don't use it often these days.
  
  HTH.
  
  
  Grant

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