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Step Four: Click on the layer mask

thumbnail to make it active, and

then with your Foreground color

set to black (press D then X), paint

away the excess blue around the

lights. Then, double-click on the

adjustment layer, changing it from

blue to white (#ffffff). Change the

layer’s blend mode from Lighten to

Soft Light and its Opacity from 32%

to 100%.

Step Five: Repeat Steps One

through Four for the column lights

on the left side of the building.

We’re retouching both buildings, so

we have a total of four Solid Color

adjustment layers for the columns.

With the top adjustment layer active,

Shift-click the bottom adjustment

layer to select all four layers in the

Layers panel. Press Command-G (PC:

Ctrl-G) to group the layers together,

and then rename the folder “White

Lights on Columns.”

Step Six: Press Command-J (PC:

Ctrl-J) to duplicate the folder named

“White Lights on Columns,” and then

rename it “Ruby Lights on Columns.”

Step Seven: Click the disclosure

arrow next to the Ruby Lights on

Columns group to open it, reveal-

ing the layers in the Layers panel.

Double-click each Solid Color adjust-

ment layer, changing each from

white to ruby (#9B111E). Change

each layer’s blend mode from Soft

Light to Color and their Opacity from

100% to 45%. The reason to reduce

the Opacity is for realism. In 1904,

lights didn’t have the vibrant colors

we do today. Change the blend

mode on the group folder layer from

Pass Through to Linear Dodge (Add),

leaving its Opacity at 100%.

Step Five Step Six