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Step Three: To obtain the stock image used

in this exercise so you can follow along, down-

load the watermarked preview from Adobe

Stock, or add it directly to your Libraries panel

(Window>Libraries) by clicking on the link for

the image below. When the Adobe Stock web-

page opens, make sure you’re logged in to your

Adobe account, then to the right of the image,

you’ll see the option to Save Preview to My

Library (you can click on My Library to select a

different library or download option). Click on

the cloud-with-an-arrow icon, and the preview

image will automatically be downloaded to your

Libraries panel in Photoshop.

• Ballet dancer-action

©Adobe Stock/Zsolnai Gergely

Step Four: Open the image in Photoshop either

through the File>Open menu command, or by

double-clicking on the image in the Libraries

panel. Then, grab the Crop tool (C), and drag

the top-center point up to extend the canvas

upward. Lengthen the canvas until the lower

third is approximately even with the neckline of

the dancer’s dress. Press the Enter key to commit

the crop operation. Press Shift-G until you have

the Paint Bucket tool in the Toolbar, then press D

to set your Foreground color to black. Click once

in the extended canvas area to fill it with black.

Step Five: Go to File>Place Embedded and

select the LightStreak1.jpg image. This brings

the image in as a smart object. Change the

blend mode near the top left of the Layers panel

to Linear Dodge to render the black areas com-

pletely invisible. Use the transformation handles

to move, scale, and rotate the light streak to

roughly form the upper outline of a wing from

the dancer’s back.