Photoshop Creative Issue

More Selective Colour

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Add a Hue/Saturation adjustment

layer. Set Hue: +5, Saturation: +35.

Add a second Selective Colour adjustment

layer. On the Reds channel, set Magenta and

Yellow to -24. On the Neutral channel, set

Cyan: +14, Magenta: -8, Yellow: -13.

Import texture

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Import ‘red-652716.jpg’ and drag into your canvas.

Desaturate the image. Set blending mode to Soft Light,

Opacity to 50%. On a new layer, use a white Soft Round brush to

paint over highlight areas, black for shadow areas. Set blending

mode to Soft Light to make these areas more defined.

Texturizer filter

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Go to Filter>Filter Gallery>Texture>Texturizer. Set Texture to Canvas,

Scaling to 200%, Relief to 50, Light at Top. Set the layer blending

mode to Soft Light, Opacity to 50%.

Levels and Brightness

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Add a Levels adjustment layer. Pull in

the blacks to 44, and whites to 199.

Use the Blend-If slider to avoid affecting the

black areas and only brighten the light areas.

Add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer

and set Contrast to 11.

Expert tip

Blend-If is a powerful tool for

layer blending that lets you

manipulate specific areas to

blend based on light and dark

tone. Under layer Blending

Options, holding down the Opt/

Alt key and drag the Blend-If

slider out. Holding down the

Alt/Option key causes the

slider to split in half. This will

smooth your layer blending

and create more transition

between the two layers. We’ve

used this to only affect the

Magenta Photo Filter on the

darker tones of the image.

Blend-If

sliders

Noise filter

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Import ‘paint-268231.jpg’ and drag into your

canvas. Desaturate the image. Set blending

mode to Soft Light, Opacity to 25%. On a new black

layer, go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Set Amount to

55%, select Uniform, check Monochromatic. Set

blending mode to Soft Light.

Selective Colour

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Add a Selective Colour adjustment

layer. We’re going to add a more

purplish hue than the original colours. On the

Cyans channel, set Cyan to -55, Magenta: +22,

Yellow: -100. On the Blues channel, set Cyan:

-100, Magenta: +35, Yellow: -100.

Photo Filter adjustment

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Add a Warming Filter (85) Photo Filter

adjustment layer. Next, add a

Magenta Photo Filter adjustment layer. Use

the Blend-If slider to avoid affecting the white

areas so that the whites don’t become too

magenta. Check out our Expert Tip on the

Blend-If slider.

Want different results? Repeat the Glass and Oil Paint filters