The Professional Photoshop Book - Volume 7 2015

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SOFTEN THE IMAGE

The image should not have any sharp hard

edges unless you purposefully create that. Flatten a

copy of the image on top of every layer. Add a slight

Gaussian Blur of 0.5. This will soften the image just

enough to smooth out any sharp edges.

24 MAKE GLOBAL

ADJUSTMENTS

Vibrant colours: Make the

colours pop by making sure the greens contrast just

enough against the blue

Clean up:sure there are not Make

any unwanted stray marks or

layers turned on

Shadow touch up: Touch up and

darken and shadows that may have been washed out by accident

26

ADD A WARM TONE

Add an overall warm beach tone to the

image by adding a Photo Filter>Warming Filter 85

at 19% Density set to Preserve Luminosity.

27

EX TRA DRAMA

Add a black to transparent gradient on top

of the image and adjust the opacity to 7%. This will

add the final touch of drama.

TEXTURE OVERLAY

Texture overlays can add a

lot of detail to flat surfaces

that would probably take

days to do if you had to do it

all completely manually.

QUICK

CHEAT

Combine photos like a pro

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