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Background Textures within Actions – more within top right drop down menu

Artistic Effects/Textures

• Art History Brush > Texture Brush > Small Brush Size > Paint Around the edges

Photoshop > Preferences > General > History Log

1. Select detailed
2. Text file of everything you’ve done – step–by–step

Fish Eye Lens Effect (curved horizon)

• Edit > Transform > Warp

Create Vinneatte

1. New Layer
2. 50% Gray
3. Filter > Distort > Lens Correction
4. Hard Light Blend Mode (more of a Renaissance Effect)

Polarizing Filter Effect

1. New layer
2. Color with 50% Gray – Sky (Darker Blue Sky & Whiter Clouds)
3. Color Burn Blend Mode

Color Replacement Tool

1. Colorizes each object without going out of bounds but only within one layer
2. Alternative: New Layer > Color Blending Mode

Sunset Effect

1. Level > move left slider towards the middle
2. Increase colors with color balance

Some filters are affected by the foreground color (ie. Graphic Pen)

• When using filters always play around with foreground color and fade filter

Human eye sees 11 f-stops

To turn Shadow & Highlight into an Adjustment Layer

• Turn image into a smart object

Shadow & Highlight is good for adjusting shadow and highlights back to the original state

Slight Desaturation

1. New color layer with Soft Light Blend Mode
2. Desaturate background