Special Effects - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 245

Figure 4.40
3. Add a black layer mask to the wet look layer by Option/Alt-clicking the layer
mask at the bottom of the Layers panel. Then with a normal white soft-edged
brush at 20% opacity, paint over areas of the image to reveal the wet look. Apply
several brush strokes to build up the opacity in areas where you want the wet look
to be more visible.
Black and White Conversion
I often use black and white conversions as a way to reduce the color in my pictures. In this
example, I'll show you how I applied it to a physique photograph that I shot of UK-based
natural bodybuilder Nigel St. Lewis.
1. With the image that you want to convert to black and white open in Photoshop,
press D to set the foreground and background colors to their default of black and
white. Then click the Gradient Map adjustment layer icon ( Figure 4.41 ).