Digital Camera World - UK (2020-03)

GET THE LOOK

1

High contrast

Click on the Create New Fill Or

Adjustment Layer icon in the

Layers panel, and select Black

& White. Close the dialog box that appears,

and change the layer’s Blending Mode to

Overlay. Add a Curves

Adjustment Layer and

move the black point in

the bottom-left corner

up to 25, before putting

points 1/4, 1/2 and

3/4 of the way up

the original position

of the curve.

3

Warm desaturation

Create a Black & White

Adjustment Layer and set the

Blending Mode to Screen. Press

Ctrl/Cmd+J to duplicate the layer; set the

Blending Mode of this

layer to Multiply. Hold

down Ctrl/Cmd+Shift

+Alt+E to merge all

visible layers into a

new one; change its

Blending Mode to

Lighten. Delete the two

Black & White layers.

2

Custom mono

Click on the Create New Fill

Or Adjustment Layer icon

and select Black & White. In

the dialog box, set Reds to 85, Yellows to

10, Cyans to 150, Blues

to 115 and Magentas

to 160. Add a Levels

Adjustment Layer and

set the Output Levels

to 40 and 195. Set the

Opacity of this layer

to 40% to reduce

the effect.

4

Dreamy glow

Duplicate the Background

Layer, and press Ctrl/Cmd

+Shift+U to desaturate. Go to

Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur, set Radius to

35 Pixels and click OK. Set the Blending

Mode of this layer to

Overlay. On a Curves

Adjustment Layer,

make a reverse S-curve

to reduce contrast and

click OK. Shift-click on

the blurred layer, press

Ctrl/Cmd+G to Group

and set Opacity to 75%.

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