Dragging Between Documents
It's rather common to have more than one photograph that needs the same type of adjustment (they might have similar subject matters and similar lighting). When that's the case, you can adjust one of the documents using Adjustment Layers and then drag those Adjustment Layers on top of the second document (Figure 11.10 and 11.11). You can select as many Adjustment Layers as are needed and drag from either the main document window or the Layers palette. Just be aware that those layers will be deposited above whichever layer is active in the destination document, which can cause some unexpected results if the destination document already contains Adjustment Layers and the top-most layer is not active.
Figure 11.10. Select the layers you'd like to copy and then drag them to another document. (©2005 Ben Willmore)
Figure 11.11. Once you release the mouse button, a copy of the Adjustment Layers will appear in the destination document.
Now that you have an idea of how Adjustment Layers operate, and know about the icons that appear on an Adjustment Layer, let's explore a simple type of adjustment so you'll have something to play with as you move through this chapter.