has the effect of bringing all colors and tones slightly closer together, whilst
still retaining their independence and relevance to the whole image.
- Add a new Gradient Map Adjustment layer on top of all other layers. You
will want to make sure that the layer thumbnail is selected, and not the
layer mask thumbnail which is usually selected as default. - Next, turn off the visibility of the gradient map layer by deselecting either
the eyeball next to the layer, or the eyeball at the bottom of the Gradient
Map Adjustment panel.
Open a Gradient Map Adjustment layer, turning off visibility
- Click on the gradient bar in the gradient map dialog box to open up the
gradient editor. As default the gradient map is set to a black to white
gradient — not particularly useful for this technique, but actually quite