The Professional Photoshop Book - Volume 7 2015

Colour shadows: Sometimes you

might have colour that needs to bleed into your shadows. In this

case the green liquid needs to act as the bottle ’s shadow reflecting

down. A green filter is painted on top of the shadow to give a more

realistic and blended look

Small highlight and shadow

details:paint in small highlight and shadow Use a Soft Round brush to

details. This gives you more freedom to pick and choose where

more reflective or dark areas are

Blown out:out with highlights to give the Some areas are blown

effect of hotspots. This will add more mood to your environments

RAIN

Rain can add more depth

to your images by filling

up empty spaces in the

back and foreground.

19 APPLY

LIGHTING

DARK SHADOWS

Use dark shadows to

cover up inconsistencies

throughout your image.

BOKEH

Like the blur effect, Bokeh

can give the effect of a lot

going on in a background with

a few simple steps.

QUICK

CHEAT

Combine photos like a pro

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