Here's what Hawkeye is saying.........
Let's say you have an image...
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You make a selection of the Basketball for adjustments and you copy it to it's own layer using Cmd/Cntrl + J.
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Then you decide you want to include the Tennis Ball for adjustments as well.
So yo make a selection of the Tennis Ball and copy it to it's own layer.
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You want both to have the same adjustment so you group them together......
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And clip the Adjustment Layer to the group!
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Make your adjustment and all the selection s you made (within the group) will be affected.
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