Photoshop Creative Issue

Situate backdrop

05

Click the ‘Create new fill or adjustment layer’ button in

the Layers palette, choose Solid Colour. Pick #d0d3dc.

Drag it below the animal layer. Click the animal layer. Press Cmd/

Ctrl+J to duplicate. Click the lower animal layer’s mask. Press

Cmd/Ctrl+I to invert the selection.

Fade sky

06

Press Cmd/Ctrl+G. Add a layer mask to the group. Ensure the

Foreground colour is black. Select the Gradient tool. In the options

bar, set to Linear and 100% Opacity. Choose the Foreground to Transparent

preset. Shift-click and drag down from the top to fade.

Tutorial Blend with layer masks

Refine the selection

03

Paint with the Refine Edge Brush tool [non-CC: Refine Radius tool] along the

fur and other areas to fine-tune. Resize brush with [ and ]. When done, set

Output To to Layer Mask. Click OK.

Clean up mask

04

If necessary, paint in the mask with the Brush

tool for editing. Use black to hide and white to

restore areas. Get up close with the Zoom tool. Adjust

brush size and opacity as needed. Decrease/increase

brush hardness with { and }.

Blend

landscape

07

Select the top
layer. Go to
File>Place [CC: Place
Embedded], grab
‘landscape2.jpg’.
Option/Alt+click the
Add Layer Mask
button from the
Layers palette, then
paint white in the
mask at 40-60%
brush Opacity to bring
a bit back. Move or
transform (Cmd/
Ctrl+T) layer if needed.