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Step Three: Create a Hue/Saturation adjust-

ment layer (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Hue/

Saturation) directly above the Curves adjustment

layer. Set its blend mode to Saturation by press-

ing Option-Shift-T (PC: Alt-Shift-T), or by using

the blend mode pop-up menu. Press Command-

Option-G (PC: Ctrl-Alt-G) to clip the Hue/Satura-

tion adjustment layer to the foreground element

so that it only affects the model. Then, set the

Saturation to –25.

MATCHING SHADOW HUES

The background image in this composite is styl-

ized; it contains shadows that have high values in

the Blue channel. You can see the values for each

RGB channel in the Info panel (Window>Info) as

you hover your cursor over the image.

When hovering over the darkest shadows

in the model, mainly in the hair, you’ll see that

the Blue channel has the lowest values. We can

improve the composite by adding blue to the

model’s shadows.

Step Four: Disable the Saturation Map layer

by clicking on its Eye icon, and you’ll see that

the model is looking more like she’s part of the

background and not a separate element.