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[ 29 ]› › DOWN & DIRTY TRICKSStep 18: Now let’s add a back-
ground image with a cool shot of
the Tower Bridge. Open this Adobe
Stock image from the Libraries
panel and drag it to the main
design. In the Layers panel, drag
the Tower Bridge layer below the
Type layer. Press Command-T (PC:
Ctrl-T) to activate Free Transform,
then scale and position the image
in relation to the subject, keeping
in mind which areas you want to
keep visible and which areas you
want to hide. Don’t commit the
transformation yet.Step 19: Here’s another cool trick
when it comes to compositions.
Once the image is in place, Right-
click on the object and choose Flip
Horizontal from the pop-up menu.
This angle works better for this
design. Often backgrounds like this
are abstract enough so that you
can’t really tell they’re flipped, espe-
cially with the other effects we’ll be
adding. Now you can press Enter to
commit the transformation.
Next, press Command-U to
open the Hue/Saturation dialog.
Check on Colorize and use these
settings to put a blue cast over the
layer. Click OK.©Adobe Stock/clayllama