Finalise and save
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Employ other adjustments to finalise the image. Check out Colour Lookup’s various
presets such as FoggyNight and FuturisticBleak. Tone down the adjustments by
reducing layer Opacity and/or painting black in the masks. Play with Colour Balance’s sliders.
Fine-tune with Levels or Curves. When done, save your work.Enhance (CC)
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Go to
Filter>Camera
Raw Filter. Use the
various settings to
enhance and sharpen the
image. Increase Clarity
and follow up by
increasing Shadows: +76
and Blacks: +50. Under
Detail, utilise Sharpening,
under Effects, utilise
Dehaze and Post Crop
Vignetting. Click OK when
you are done.Blend with Pin Light
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Click the ‘Create new fill or
adjustment layer’ button, choose
Solid Colour. Pick #80b2e5. Set the blend
mode to Pin Light. Drop Opacity to 50%. Paint
black in the mask at 10-40% brush Opacity to
reduce in areas.Cool with Photo Filter
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Click the ‘Create new fill or adjustment
layer’ button, choose Photo Filter. Pick
Cooling Filter (80). Set Density to 25%. Paint
black in the mask at 10-40% brush Opacity to
reduce the effect.Show us your creative edits Tweet us @pshopcreative
Expert edit
Place your image
01
If you need to situate your image in
another document, place the image
PSD in the destination document. Use
Place Linked in CC to stay linked.Mask away edges
02
Add a layer mask to the placed
image. Use black to fade edges via
a soft-edged brush and/or a Foreground-
to-Transparent Linear gradient.Edit background
03
If needed, adjust the background
colours or textures to help the
image look more at home. Add colour,
mask additional texture and/or work in
some adjustments.Add vignette
04
Merge layers at the top and
convert to Smart Object. Go to
Filter>Camera Raw Filter. Under Effects,
adjust the Post Crop Vignetting settings.Transplant your image