Practical_Photoshop_-_November_2015_

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06


BUILD IT UP
From here, just
repeat the technique
to copy in more bits
of the colourful lights,
set the blend mode to
Lighten, then skew and
warp them to match the
igure. Duplicate existing
layers with Cmd/Ctrl+J
and use them in other
areas. Finally, copy in our
clouds image and set its
blend mode to Lighten.


05


WARP THE
LIGHTS
Click on the bounding
box around the shape.
Reshape and resize
the layer to it with the
igure shape. You can
skew the box by Cmd/
Ctrl-dragging a corner;
or right-click while
transforming to choose
Warp, then drag the grid
to bend and curve the
shape to it the igure.

04


COPY AND
PASTE
Copy the selected area
with Cmd/Ctrl+C, then
go to the main image
and press Cmd/Ctrl+V to
paste the selection in.
Change the blend mode
of the layer to Lighten.
Grab the Move tool from
the Tools panel. Check
the Show Transform
Controls and Auto-Select
options at the top.

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