Expanding selection for an adjustment layer

[Barry Houldsworth]

I’m sure I’m doing something obviously wrong but, despite a number of searches and videos, I just don’t seem to be able to find the answer.

Yesterday, I was working on a photo of a home and improving the color of the grass.  After applying the improvement and moving on, I realized I missed a piece of the grass and wanted to add to the original selection.

Here’s what I did so far:

-          Selected the area using the selection tool

-          Added an adjustment layer for HSL and applied adjustments – adjustments were only applied to the selected area

-          Added an adjustment layer for contrast/brightness and applied adjustments – adjustments were only applied to the selected area

-          Moved on to other functions and then realized I missed a bit in the original selection

Now, there doesn’t seem to be a way to expand the selection area and add it to the areas being adjusted by the HSL and contrast/brightness.  I can call up the original selection, and when I try to add it appears to show a newly selected area, but the adjustment isn’t being applied.

Sorry if this is obvious but I’m obviously missing something here.

[carl123]

48 minutes ago, Barry Houldsworth said:

and when I try to add it appears to show a newly selected area, but the adjustment isn’t being applied.

Once you add the "newly selected area" make sure the HSL adjustment layer is selected in the Layers panel then with the Paint Brush Tool paint in white over the "newly selected area"

 Do the same for the brightness/contrast adjustment layer by selecting it in the Layers panel and painting the selection in white again

[Barry Houldsworth]

8 minutes ago, carl123 said:

Once you add the "newly selected area" make sure the HSL adjustment layer is selected in the Layers panel then with the Paint Brush Tool paint in white over the "newly selected area"

 Do the same for the contrast brightness/contrast adjustment layer by selecting it in the Layers panel and painting the selection in white again

So I need to use the paint brush tool instead of the selection tool, or use the selection tool and then paint over it in white?

It seems odd to have to use the selection tool the first time and the paint brush tool for all subsequent additions.  But, if it works, I won't complain.