From the course: Photoshop Retouching: Hair

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Setting up the image

Setting up the image

Before jumping into an image, take a moment to identify what's going on. Taking into consideration its usage and the photographer's history. I think this image would look so much better with the top of her head finished off. By using our assets, that's looking through the images from the shoot, I found this image here with a very similar pose and the top of the head finished off. So holding down shift, I'm just going to drag this background layer into our select image. By holding down shift and dragging it, it's going to ensure an even drop. So, we can just close this off. And before we get started, let's just label this Top of Head. It's important to label all of your layers, just to have a better sense of organization. So now, let's drop this layer down to a 50% opacity. By pressing five on your keyboard. And now Cmd+T brings up our Transform. Holding Shift and Option and just pulling from one of the corners, we can get an even pull. So let's just bring this into place. Just zoom…

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