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Step Five:
You now have two versions of your photo, each on a different layer—the brighter one ex-
posed for the bridge in the foreground on the bottom layer, and the darker sky version on
the layer directly on top of it—and they are perfectly aligned, one on top of the other. This
is why we call it “double-processing,” because you have two versions of the same image,
each processed differently. Now what we need to do is combine these two different lay-
ers (with different exposures) into one single image that combines the best of both. It'll
be easier if we have the image with the properly exposed bridge as our top layer, so click
on that layer and drag it above the darker sky layer (as seen here). We'll combine the im-
ages with a layer mask, but rather than painstakingly painting it, we can cheat and use the
Quick Selection tool (W) . So, get it from the Toolbox and paint over the bridge, statues,
and buildings, and it selects them for you in just a few seconds (as shown here).
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