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STEP 14:
CREATE SHADOWS ON THE
SUBJECT USING CURVES
Click on the Subject Extracted layer to
select it, then click on the Create New
Adjustment Layer icon (half-black/
half-white circle) at the bottom of
the Layers panel, and choose Curves.
If the Properties panel didn’t open
automatically, double-click on the
Curves icon in the Curves adjustment
layer to open it. Click in the middle of
the curve to create a point, and drag
it down and to the right, as shown.
Back in the Layers panel, click
on the Curves layer’s mask to select
it and press Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I)
to invert it (make it black). Then, get
the Brush tool (B), set your Fore-
ground color to white, and select a
soft, round brush. Up in the Options
Bar, set your Brush’s Opacity to
100% and Flow to 5%, and then
start creating shadows by painting
gradually on the mask areas that are
facing away from the spotlight.