› ›kelbyone.com035››DOWN AND DIRTY TRICKSStep Seven: To create a more
washed-out color tone, add a Hue/
Sat uration adjustment layer in the
Adjustments panel. In the Properties
panel, look for the onscreen adjust-
ment tool; that’s the icon that looks
like a pointing hand with two little
arrows beside it. Use this to sample
a dark area of her skin. Photoshop
detects the color value, in this case
the Reds, and allows direct adjust-
ment of those tones. In this same
area of the skin, click-and-drag the
cursor toward the left to desaturate
the red values. Then increase the
Lightness value to +34.
Step Six: Add a Brightness/Con-
trast adjustment layer by using
the Adjustments panel (Win dow>
Adjustments) and clicking the icon
that looks like a half-filled sun.
In the Properties panel, set the
Brightness to 40 and the Contrast
to –11. This does add a brighter
appearance to the image, but
there’s still some other steps to
take that will craft an even more
sophisticated effect.