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› › S HORT CUT CIT Y > KELBY ONE.COM [ 61 ] BRUSHES Shortcut #1: With the Brush tool selected, press-and-hold the Option (PC: ...

› › COLUMN > PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 62 ] SMART FILTERS Shortcut #5: When adding special effects, you’ll have to ...

› › S HORT CUT CIT Y > KELBY ONE.COM [ 63 ] GRADIENT MAP Shortcut #7: To unify the colors, I use gradient maps. They work lik ...

› › COLUMN > PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 64 ] COLOR BALANCE Shortcut #8: To finish my image, I color-graded it using ...

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USING THE GRADIENTS PANEL The word “gradient” refers to a gradual blend between multiple colors. Gradients are useful for colori ...

Step Four: In the Options Bar, choose Shape from the menu at left (circled). Next, click the down-pointing triangle next to Shap ...

Step Seven: You can also apply a gradi- ent to the entire document to create a new background. This time, let’s use a radial gra ...

ADDING A GRADIENT TO A PHOTO You can also use gradients with photos to produce a cre- ative color effect. For example, drag a gr ...

Step Two: With the Custom group highlighted, c lick the Create New Gradient icon (cir- cled). In the Gradient Editor that opens, ...

Step Five: Drag the new gradient from the Gradients panel onto the image. Use the menu at the top of the Layers panel to change ...

> PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 72 ] HOW TO CREATE A SPOTLIGHT EFFECT IN PHOTOSHOP What better way to dramatically dra ...

› › EFFEC T S TOO LKIT > KELBY ONE.COM [ 73 ] subject in the scene, and you can always add or subtract from the selection, as ...

› › HOW TO > PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 74 ] STEP SEVEN: MAKE A DUPLICATE Create a duplicate of this Spotlight laye ...

› › EFFEC T S TOO LKIT > KELBY ONE.COM [ 75 ] STEP 13: BLUR THE SHADOW Before applying any filter, let’s first convert the Su ...

› › HOW TO > PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 76 ] STEP 14: CREATE SHADOWS ON THE SUBJECT USING CURVES Click on the Subje ...

› › EFFEC T S TOO LKIT > KELBY ONE.COM [ 77 ] STEP 15: ADD SOME DODGING AND BURNING [OPTIONAL] You could stop right now; howe ...

> PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 78 ] RETOUCHING THE AURORA BOREALIS IN ADOBE CAMERA RAW The thing about the aurora bor ...

› › PHOTO EFFECTS > KELBY ONE.COM [ 79 ] The aurora itself can range in color from greens through reds and purples, so that e ...

> PHOTOSHOP USER >^ FEBRUARY 2020 [ 80 ] › › HOW TO ADJUST THE BRIGHTNESS Now that we have the color we want, it’s time to ...