Character Portrait - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 344

1. Click the color layer. Create a copy of it by pressing Command/Ctrl-J. Drag the
copy layer to the top of the layer stack, and change the opacity to 20%.
2. To make the model brighter, create a Curves adjustment layer, click the target ad-
justment icon in the Curves properties, click the model's nose, and drag upward
( Figures 6.24 and 6.25 ).
Figure 6.24