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Darkening the background with color

Darkening the background with color - Photoshop Tutorial

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Darkening the background with color

Whenever you've been working on an image for a while, you almost always need to take a break. You need to walk away and then walk back or look away and then look back. And when I did that or when I do that here with this photograph, one of the things that I notice is that the background is still too bright. I want the face in a sense to almost glow and I want the background to become darker. I also think the surfboard down blow is much too bright as well. So let's take a look at how we can start to make some final tonal adjustments to this image to change brightness value and also a little bit of color. The first thing we'll do is create a new layer, change the blending mode to Soft Light and then Burn or Dodge with a color. So let's click on the New Layer icon and then from the pulldown menu choose Soft Light. This is the perfect blending mode for darkening something, especially if you want to add a little bit of a tint or hue in a certain area. Next press the B key to select the…

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