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[ 43 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep Nine: Create another
merged layer and name this one
“Model.” In the Quick Actions sec-
tion at the bottom of the Proper-
ties panel, click the Select Sub-
ject button. Once Photoshop has
attempted to select the model,
click the Select and Mask button
in the Options Bar. (If the Select
and Mask button isn’t visible,
switch to a selection tool.) Press
M to switch the View to March-
ing Ants, and switch to the Quick
Selection tool (W). Use the Add
to Selection and Subtract from
Selection brush modes (the plus
and minus icons, respectively, in
the Options Bar) to ensure a tight
selection. Make sure to remove
the areas between her body and
arm and suitcase. Then set the
Radius to 3 pixels, and Smooth to- Select Layer Mask in the Out-
put To drop-down menu, and
click OK.
Step 10: Click here to down-
load the preview version of the
Adobe Stock image of a cobble-
stone street at night. Drag the
image from your Libraries panel
into the working file, and place
it beneath the Model layer. Press
Command-T (PC: Ctrl-T) for Free
Transform, and resize and posi-
tion the layer so the background
buildings frame her on either side.
Press Enter to commit the trans-
formation. Set the layer blending
mode to Overlay and reduce the
Opacity to 40%. Then, darken
the stock image by going to
Image>Adjustment>Levels and
pulling the far left shadows slider
below the histogram all the way
to the midpoint.©Adobe Stock/ShantiShanti