Graphics Programs Reference
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Step 11:
Now, let's finish this baby off. Go to the
Layers panel and, from the flyout menu
at the top right, choose
Flatten Image
to
flatten the image down to one layer. The
image looks a little dark overall, so press
Command-L (PC: Ctrl-L)
to bring up the
Levels dialog, and bring back some of
the overall highlights by dragging the
white Input Levels highlights slider (right
below the far-right side of the histogram)
to the left to brighten things up.
Step 12:
Lastly, I would do something to make
the image a little more vibrant (and
applying an effect to the combined
image helps unify the look). You could
reopen the image in Camera Raw (it's
not a smart object any longer, so you'd
have to do it the old-fashioned way—
see page 18). Instead, let's do a quick
Lab Color move. Go under the Image
menu, under Mode, and choose
Lab
Color
. Now, go under the Image menu
again and choose
Apply Image
. When
the dialog appears, in the Source section,
choose the “
a
” channel, then change your
Blending mode to
Soft Light
. This adds
color and contrast. Click OK, and then
go back under the Image menu, under
Mode, and switch back to
RGB Color
.
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