Fairytale Scene - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 470

Figure 9.70
12. Press D to reset the foreground and background colors in the toolbar to their de-
fault, and then press X so that black becomes the foreground color. Making sure
the mask is still selected in the Layers panel, use a black soft-edged brush to paint
over areas of the floor to remove any extra light. This ensures that the light spill
looks realistic and brings back the shape shadow at the back of the children ( Fig-
ure 9.71 ) .