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Old 07-08-2009, 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by windrider86 View Post
Would you mind returning and telling us how you ended up with the final look? Please and thank you
Step by step:

1. Color Boost:

Ctrl+J
Image>Adjustments>Match color
luminance 119
Color intensity 126

2. DRE (Dynamic Range Extender) a)to f) recorded as an action-one click to activate.

a).Image>Adjustments>shadows/highlights

Shadows :amount 50%
Tonal width 45%
Radius 44px

Highlights :amount 67%
Tonal width 65%
Radius 46px

b) Ctrl+J; blending mode: color dodge

c)Duplicate background layer again
This time set blending mode to: Linear burn
Click “D” to get foreground color to black
Select ”Color range”-fuzziness 100
Click on “add layer mask” button in layers palette
Click on mask of layer and Set Gaussian blur at 5 px

d) Duplicate Linear burn layer, set blending mode to Overlay
Click on layer mask and press ctrl+I
Set overlay to 40-45%; set linear burn to 55-60%
Change foreground color to white
Select Color range-fuzziness 100

e) Duplicate base layer again, take it to the top
Click on add layer mask, add Gaussian blur at 5 px

f) Flatten and save

3.[Ctrl+j

blend mode - screen

Flatten and save.

Last edited by kencaleno; 07-08-2009 at 05:36 AM.
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