OMBRE-STYLE HAIR
The ombre technique produces
a gradual color change, typi-
cally to the lower half or ends
of hair. Happily, you can get
it done quickly by applying a
gradient to the mask on both
the Hue/Saturation and Levels
adjustment layers.STEP EIGHT: With the Hue/Sat-
uration adjustment layer active
in the Layers panel, set Hue
to –65 and the Saturation to 0.
Activate the Levels adjustment
layer and set the midtone slider
to 0.55 to produce a nice pink.STEP NINE: Press D to set the
color chips at the bottom of
your Toolbar to the default
colors of black and white. Press
X until black hops on top. Press
G to grab the Gradient tool (also
circled) and in the Options Bar,
click the down-pointing arrow
(circled) next to the gradient
preview thumbnail to open the
Gradient Picker. Expand the
Basics folder and choose the
second preset (also circled),
which uses the Foreground
color chip as the first color in
the gradient and transparen-
cy as the second. Also, make
sure the Linear Gradient icon
is selected in the Options Bar.STEP 10: With one of the adjust-
ment layer’s mask thumbnails
active in your Layers panel
(it doesn’t matter which one),
mouse over to the image, click-
and-hold where you want the
color to start, and then drag
downward. You’ll see a line as
you drag (circled). HOW TOPHOTOSHOP USER
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