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[ 39 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep One: In Photoshop, create a
new document (File>New) with a
Width of 3000 pixels, a Height of
4000 pixels, and the Background
Contents set to Black. Click OK
or Create.
If you’d like to download the
low-res watermarked versions of
the images to follow along, c lick
this link for the first image that
we’re using, log in with your Adobe
ID, and c lick the Save to Library
button. Double-c lick the image
in the Libraries panel (Window>
Libraries) to open it in Photoshop.
To make it easier to work with
the image, increase the resolution
of the practice file. (We normally
don’t recommend enlarging
images, but this is only for practice
purposes.) Go to Image>Image
Size, turn on the Resample check-
box, select Preserve Details 2.0
from the Resample drop-down
menu, set the Width to 2,400
pixels, and c lick OK.
Use the Move tool (V) to drag
the image into the new file and
position it as shown here. We
don’t want to completely fill the
frame with the image, because we
want to leave some space for copy
above her head.Step Two: Press Command-E (PC:
Ctrl-E) to merge the stock image
layer with the Background layer.
Switch to the Brush tool (B); press D
to set the Foreground color to black;
and use a large, soft brush to soften
the edges of the image. Then, go
to Image>Adjustments>Shadows/
Highlights, set the Shadow Amount
to 44% to bring up the shadow
values, and the Highlights Amount
to 7% to slightly brighten the high-
lights too. Click OK.©Adobe Stock/Ruslan Solntsev