The Professional Photoshop Book 73
25
SOFTEN THE IMAGE
The image should not have any sharp hard
edges unless you purposefully create that. Flatten a
copy of the image on top of every layer. Add a slight
Gaussian Blur of 0.5. This will soften the image just
enough to smooth out any sharp edges.
24 MAKE GLOBAL
ADJUSTMENTS
Vibrant colours: Make the
colours pop by making sure the greens contrast just
enough against the blue
Clean up:sure there are not Make
any unwanted stray marks or
layers turned on
Shadow touch up: Touch up and
darken and shadows that may have been washed out by accident
26
ADD A WARM TONE
Add an overall warm beach tone to the
image by adding a Photo Filter>Warming Filter 85
at 19% Density set to Preserve Luminosity.
27
EX TRA DRAMA
Add a black to transparent gradient on top
of the image and adjust the opacity to 7%. This will
add the final touch of drama.
TEXTURE OVERLAY
Texture overlays can add a
lot of detail to flat surfaces
that would probably take
days to do if you had to do it
all completely manually.
QUICK
CHEAT
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