2019-05-01 Practical Photoshop

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05


DROP IN A SKY
Open the start
image eiffel_sky into
Photoshop. Grab the
Move Tool, and drag
the image up to the tab
of the cutout image
to copy it over. In the
Layers Panel, drag the
cutout layer above the
sky layer. If you need to
resize the sky to fit the
image, press Cmd/Ctrl+T
then drag the box.

06


ENHANCE
THE TONES
Alt-click the Layer Mask
thumbnail to view the
mask. Fine-tune the
mask with the Brush Tool
in Overlay mode until
it’s perfect. Finally, add
a tonal change: click the
Create Adjustment Layer
icon in the Layers Panel
and choose Color Lookup.
Click 3DLUT and add the
FallColors preset.


04


CONVERT
TO A MASK
When you’re satisfied,
hold Cmd/Ctrl and click
on it to load the white
parts as a selection.
Next, click on the RGB
channel then go to the
Layers Panel. Click the
Add Layer Mask icon to
convert the selection to
a mask. Press Cmd/Ctrl+I
to invert the mask and
hide the sky.

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