› ›kelbyone.com037››DOWN AND DIRTY TRICKSStep 11: Notice that the Luminos-
ity layer inherited the layer proper-
ties of the Merge layer. Keep the
blend mode as Screen, but increase
the Opacity to 50%. Then go to
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur, set the
blur Radius to 5 pixels, and click OK
to apply the filter.
Step 10: Another powerful tech-
nique to add to the workflow is to
use the luminosity values of the
image to create the soft-focus,
high-key effect. Switch over to the
Channels panel and Command-
click (PC: Ctrl-click) on the com-
posite RGB channel. This loads the
luminosity values as a selection.
Switch back to the Layers panel,
make sure the Merge layer thumb-
nail is the active element (not the
mask thumbnail), and press Com-
mand-J (PC: Ctrl-J) to copy those
selected pixels to a new layer.
Name this layer “Luminosity.”