The Power of Gray - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 126

Figure 2.51 Final retouched image complete with battle damage
Here I'll show you the steps for this technique by making it appear as though a beautiful
Aston Martin ( Figure 2.52 ) has some damage to the wheel arch.
Figure 2.52
For this technique you'll need a photograph that already contains damage. (It doesn't mat-
ter what color the dent is, because we will be completely desaturating it at some point.) If