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Step 17: Now switch to the Gradient
tool (G). Up in the Options Bar, c lick
on the preview strip to open the
Gradient Editor, and select the Fore-
ground to Background preset in the
Basics set. Click OK to close the Gra-
dient Editor. Also, choose the Radial
Gradient type in the Options Bar.Step 18: Back in the new document,
create a new blank layer. Click some-
where in the middle-left area of the
canvas and drag close to the right
edge of the document to create a
radial gradient that goes from the
lighter yellow to the darker yellow.
This creates a subtle light effect on
the background.Step 19: Go back to the subject
image, switch to the Move tool (V),
and c lick-and-drag the ghosted layer
of the extracted subject onto this
background. Press Command-T (PC:
Ctrl-T) for Free Transform, and scale
and position the subject to fit in the
composition as you see here. Press
Enter when done.Step 20: We want to fill part of the
background with a different color.
Using the Path tool again with the
same settings we used earlier, select
part of the background as shown
here. I created the path along the
long axis of the subject and c licked
points outside the edge of the image
and around to close the shape.
Note: My path color was set
to yellow and it was hard to
see on the yellow background, so
I changed it to blue. Go to Photo-
shop (PC: Edit)>Preferences>Paths,
Grids & Slices to change the path
color if needed.