Advanced_Photoshop_Issue_138_-_2015_UK_

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APPLY MORE COLOR LOOKUP AND TEXTURE

Let’s continue with another Color Lookup

adjustment layer. Pick LateSunset. Drop Opacity to

50%. Invert the mask and paint back with white to

add some warm colouring. Create another Color

Lookup layer and pick LateSunset again. Set to the

Pin Light blend mode. Drop Opacity to 40%. Now,

place Spin.jpg and confirm with Return/Enter. Set to

the Overlay blend mode and drop Opacity to 60%.

Add a layer mask and paint black at 60% Opacity to

reduce on the model.

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APPLY COLOR LOOKUP

Click the Create New Fill or Adjustment

Layer button in the Layers palette, choose Color

Lookup. Pick the Candlelight 3DLUT File. Drop

Opacity to 50%. Invert the mask with Cmd/Ctrl+I, then

paint lightly back with white to add warm humanity

back to her skin. Don’t overdo it, just paint touches

here and there. Add another Color Lookup layer; you

should pick Crisp_Winter this time and drop to 50%

Opacity. Invert the mask (Cmd/Ctrl+I) and paint back

with white to add some cool colouring.

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APPLY CAMERA RAW FILTER

Let’s now use the powerful and flexible

Camera Raw filter to continue forging the look.

Merge layers again with Cmd/Ctrl+Alt/Option+

Shift+E. Convert to a Smart Object. Go to

Filter>Camera Raw Filter. Under Basic, set Contrast

to -18, Highlights to +8, Shadows to +1, Whites to

+11, Blacks to -26, Clarity to -42, and Vibrance to

+72. Click OK. We’ll march on with another Camera

Raw filter application. Merge layers again and

convert to a Smart Object.

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ADD TEXTURE AND DESATURATE

Go to File>Place Embedded, grab Texture1.

jpg. Set to the Pin Light blend mode and drop Opacity

to 20%. Alt/Option+click the Add Layer Mask button

in the Layers palette. Paint white at 50% Opacity to

add lightly. Place Texture2.jpg. Set to the Overlay

blend mode and 40% Opacity. Alt/Option+click the

Add Layer Mask button. Paint white to add

throughout. Click the Create New Fill or Adjustment

Layer button in the Layers palette and choose Hue/

Saturation. Drop Saturation to -100. Paint black to

restore colour in the lips and eyes.

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USE A DISPLACEMENT MAP

Go to Filter>Distort>Displace. Keep both the Horizontal and Vertical Scale at 10 then click OK.

Choose Map.psd and click Open. Set to Overlay blend mode. The effect is obviously too much at this point,

so let’s selectively paint it in. Now, Alt/Option+click the Add Layer Mask button. Carefully paint back with

white at 20-30% brush Opacity to apply the effect strategically.

PROCESS THE MODEL

CONTINUE THE METALLIC METAMORPHOSIS

001 PLASTIC WRAP AND

CHROME FILTERSThe Plastic Wrap and Chrome filters

create a liquid metal look. Layer masks allow you to paint black to reduce it

002 DISPLACE FILTER

The Displace filter, which references the displacement map you created,

helps the metallic effect flow along the model’s contours

003 ADJUSTMENTS

Now that the core effect’s complete,you’llcontinuewithaseriesof

adjustments and filters (including the powerful Camera Raw)

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For a liquid metal look, use

a combination of the Plastic

Wrap and Chrome filters