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Step 18: Now click on the texture

layer to make it active in the Lay-

ers panel, then click on the Add a

Layer Style icon (fx) at the bottom

of the panel, and choose Gradient

Overlay. Use the settings shown

here to create a vignette overlay

with some subtle contrast. For the

Gradient, click on the thumbnail

preview; select the Black, White

preset in the Gradient Editor; and

click OK to close the Gradient

Editor. Than, turn on the Reverse

checkbox. Click OK when done.

Step 19: Click on the top layer in

the layer stack (the extracted sub-

ject layer), then press-and-hold

the Option (PC: Alt) key, and from

the Layers panel’s flyout menu,

choose Merge Visible. This will

create a merged version of the

image on a new layer at the top

of the layer stack.

Step 20: Remove the color from

this merged layer by pressing

Command-Shift-U (PC: Ctrl-Shift-

U), then set its blend mode to

Soft Light and drop the Opacity

to 50%.

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