How to color balance only selective layers?

[Advent]

Been a few years since I've messed with PS, been playing around with it again lately and I just can't remember how to do this. So say I have a sig with 30 layers of brushing, a few color balance layers on top of those, and then 10 more layers of brushing on top of everything. How would I create a color balance layer to ONLY affect those 10 top layers, and not the layers underneath?

[Advent]

Is it that difficult of a question?

[(-)Ion]

You have to group the 10 layers on top.

To do this create a new group: Layer>Group Layers; Ctrl+G (Or in the bottom right of the layers panel next to new adjustment layer and layer effects)
Then drag your 10 or whatever layers into that group.
Set the Group's Blending option to Normal, (not the individual layers, the actual group)
Then create your adjustments inside the group as well and they will only apply to the layers in that group.

[Radarr]

Dam lol, I've been waiting to unlock the account to post this

[Advent]

You have to group the 10 layers on top.

To do this create a new group: Layer>Group Layers; Ctrl+G (Or in the bottom right of the layers panel next to new adjustment layer and layer effects)
Then drag your 10 or whatever layers into that group.
Set the Group's Blending option to Normal, (not the individual layers, the actual group)
Then create your adjustments inside the group as well and they will only apply to the layers in that group.

I tried this and it does not work. I'll edit in some pictures.

http://i38.tinypic.com/2qiso6h.jpg

[(-)Ion]

your 3rd pic is on pass through

if the pics are just unclear though and it's actually not working i don't know what to tell ya. maybe it's being done wrong because that works for me. i may have been a little unclear but i don't know how else to word it to make it any more clear. who knows

[Hyggan]

Just use clipping masks.

[(-)Ion]

to do that he'd have to clipping mask each layer he wanted have an adjustment to. he wanted to be able to apply them to only a select bunch of layers. i suppose yeah he could duplicate the adjustment and clipping mask them to all the layers he wants. it's "messy" but after all it's your psd and it's pretty much fool proof.

[Advent]

your 3rd pic is on pass through

if the pics are just unclear though and it's actually not working i don't know what to tell ya. maybe it's being done wrong because that works for me. i may have been a little unclear but i don't know how else to word it to make it any more clear. who knows

Pass through is the default setting when making a group, included the 3rd pic to show that it wasn't having any effect when I set it to normal. Could you maybe put a pic up of yours? I might have missed something.

[Advent]

Still need help with this.