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UTILISE COLOR LOOKUP
Color Lookup brings a slew of lookup tables, or LUTs. What are these? They’re borrowed from the
film industry, and they can give your image a subtle or radically-different new look. Here we’ll opt for some
low-key flavour. Add Color Lookup, choose Candlelight. Drop the layer’s Opacity to 70%, and further reduce in
areas by painting black in the mask. Add another Color Lookup adjustment, this time choosing Fuji Eterna
250 D Kodak 2395. Drop Opacity to 50% and paint black in the mask to reduce.16
PR EPARE FOR FINAL FILTERS
For the final two steps, we’ll be using the
Camera Raw filter. For users without the filter, you
can use substitutes. For Step 17, try using Gaussian
Blur at 10 pixels, and set the layer to Lighten. For
Step 18, you can use the trusty Unsharp Mask or the
newer Smart Sharpen. Adjust sharpness to suit your
taste. Now, select the group at the top. Press Cmd/
Ctrl+Option/Alt+Shift+E. Right-click on the layer and
choose Convert to Smart object from the contextual
pop-up menu.17
GET A DREAMY LOOK
We just merged layers. This command
dumps a composite of the visible image onto a new
layer. This lets us apply overall filter effects. Let’s
work with Camera Raw and its Clarity setting, which
adjusts midtone contrast. We’ll first reduce this to get
a dreamy effect. Go to Filter>Camera Raw Filter. Drag
Clarity all the way to the left. Click OK. Paint black in
the smart filter mask to remove from areas, restoring
the original look in areas.QUICK TIP
Not sure which blend mode to use? No
problem, just cycle through them. Use
Shift+Plus (+) and Shift+Minus (-) to shuffle
through the modes. Even if you’re dead-set on
a particular mode, it may still be prudent to
shop around. You never know what intriguing
blends are around the corner.18
ADD CLARITY
Press Cmd/Ctrl+J
to duplicate the layer. Click
on the Smart Filter mask,
and fill with white (with
white as foreground colour,
press Option/Alt+Delete/
Backspace). Double-click
Camera Raw Filter under
the layer to edit the smart
filter. Slide Clarity rightward
to around +30-35. Click OK.
Option/Alt+Click the Add
layer mask button in the
Layers palette. Now paint
with white in order to add
detail. Go back and forth
between this layer mask
and the previous layer’s
smart filter mask to get the
optimal balance.Create a double exposure effect
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