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Step 19:
To make this green area blend in:
(1) change the layer's blend mode from
Normal to Color (so just the color shows
through, instead of being solid). Then,
(2) lower the Opacity to the point where
you see the color image start to emerge,
but it has enough of the green tint to
it that it really looks like she was photo-
graphed there on location (at least color-
wise, anyway). For this image, I lowered
the Opacity of the green layer to 35%,
which ties the color of the two together
(as seen here, where her overall color is
more muted, like the background colors,
but with a hint of that green). Now, press
Command-E (PC: Ctrl-E) once more to
merge this green layer with the subject's
layer below it. The last step is to unify her
tonally with the background.
Step 20:
In this case, our background is a multi-
exposure HDR, so we need to add a high-
contrast effect to her to match the back-
ground (if the background wasn't an HDR,
I'd apply the effect to the background
first, then to her). This is a multi-step pro-
cess, so jump to page 272 in the special
effects chapter to see how this is done,
or if you already learned it, you can fol-
low this shorthand version: Duplicate the
subject layer, change the blend mode to
Vivid Light , and then Invert by pressing
Command-I (PC: Ctrl-I) . Now, apply the
Surface Blur filter set at a Radius of 40 and
a Threshold of 40. Hide the Background
layer (click on its Eye icon), then press
Command-Option-Shift-E (PC: Ctrl-Alt-
Shift-E) to create a merged layer on top of
your layer stack. Press Command-Shift-U
(PC: Ctrl-Shift-U) to desaturate it. Delete
the middle layer (Background copy 2), then
change the blend mode of the top layer
to Overlay (as seen here). Lastly, make the
Background layer visible again, flatten the
image, then go to the Lens Correction
filter and add a dark edge vignette.
 
 
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