Apply an adjustment layer to only one layer in Photoshop

Enjoy this simple tutorial :)

In this tutorial, I show how you can use an adjustment layer and apply it to just one layer in Photoshop using a clipping mask, as opposed to it affecting every layer beneath it. Super basic and simple, but it was actually something that stumped me for some time. Cheers!

[LeoVader]

why on earth is this STILL not the default six years later. insane. thank you for the quick guide!

[lunch]

9 years later, and you're still helping newbies like me with Photoshop, thanks for the help

[StillUpDate]

Thanks for explaining this in under 2 minutes.

[UWMadisonCarlinSood]

7 years later and you are still saving lives. Thank you Tommy, this was a huge help!

[WtbgoldBlogspot]

Oh look! You just saved me an hour per picture, lol

[DamonAndJo]

omg thank you! took us forever to do something so simple!

[dirtbikerdann]

Excellent! Fast and to the point not a 10 min video like everyone else.

[freyak]

5 years later and you're still the hero we need (but probably don't deserve).

[Euina]

Precise, short and to the point. Love it! Cannot stand tutorials when the host is running on with their sentences, consistently saying "um" and "uh", and takes 13 minutes to explain something that takes 5 seconds. Thank you!

[wedgeetheelf]

1:28. Right click on the adjustment layer and select "create clipping mask"

[Griggadee]

If I could like this video 100 times, then I would. That would be for the 100 times that I have forgotten how to do this seemingly simply task over and over again. Legend!

[michaelowen]

I'm here for the obvious reason! Been 6 years and you're still saving lives!

[JesusandmeDestiny]

1:16 this is where the tutorial actually starts

[phiz]

Thanks for doing this tutorial. I've been using Photoshop for over 20 years and just learned this today. Holy time saver...

[kirillberinov]

Same here. I have worked almost daily in Photoshop for 15 years (everything from early versions of Elements, up to CS5, ) and I never knew this until watching your vid. THANK YOU ! Everything is so much easier using Clipping Mask.

[ArtByAnnika]

OMG THANK YOU!!! I've been for the past TWO HOURS trying to figure out wtf I was doing wrong!! THANK YOU!!!!

[naumatt]

I cannot like this video enough. I've been using Photoshop for 20 years for various projects and this has always been a thorn in my side. I worked around by applying it to everything and then merging the layer down. This is magic. Thanks!

[Brainbuster]

THANK YOU!
I searched how to apply lut to one layer (and other variations) but yours is the only video.
SO simple and it worked.

[odinlee]

Dude, I cant tell you how much I love you right now

[hilarityensues]

Thank you. Has been puzzling me for ages. Great work.