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STEP SEVEN:
CREATE THE GLARE
AROUND THE SUN
Click on the Create New Adjustment
Layer icon (half-black/half-white circle)
at the bottom of the Layers panel and
choose Gradient. In the Gradient Fill
dialog, click on the Gradient thumb-
nail to open the Gradient Editor. Choose
the Foreground to Transparent gradient
(second from the left in the top row). On
the gradient ramp, the top-left opac-
ity stop should be set to an Opacity of
100% and the top-right opacity stop to
an Opacity of 0%. Double-click on the
bottom-left color stop and change the
color to H=45, S=79, B=100. Slide the
bottom-right color stop a little to the left,
and set its color to H=0, S=100, B=100.
Click OK to close the Gradient Editor.
Back in the Gradient Fill dialog,
change the Style of the Gradient to
Radial and change the Scale to 55%.
You can now click-and-drag the gradient
over the sun. Once done, click OK. Let’s
rename the Gradient Fill layer to “Glare”
and change its blending mode to Screen.STEP EIGHT:
DARKEN THE IMAGE
WITH CURVES
Select the Background layer so that the
Curves layer we’re about to add will be
created above it. Click on the Create
New Adjustment Layer icon again, but
this time, choose Curves. Click to create
a point in the middle of the curve in the
Properties panel (Window>Properties)
and drag it down to darken the image,
as shown.