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10 chapter 1 ■ Tools for Building Your Masterpiece

Let’s do one more little trick before we move on. As the apple

leaves a shadow on the grass, the grass in turn should leave a reﬂec-

tion on the apple. We can simulate this by generating a feathered

selection on the right side of the apple with the Lasso tool, then cre-

ating a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and forcing a green tonal

change to that area.

To see what I mean, select the Lasso tool. On the Options bar

change the Feather radius to 20px. Draw a selection along the

lower-right region of the apple’s edge, as seen in Figure 1.21. You

can move the selection into place with the arrow keys so the selec-

tion roughly follows along the edge of the object.

At the bottom of the Layers panel, click the Create New Fill

Or Adjustment Layer icon. Choose Hue/Saturation from the menu.

Any adjustments will be focused on the selected area thanks to the

adjustment layer’s mask (see Figure 1.22).

New in Photoshop CS4 are the Adjustments and

Masks panels, which give you more control over the adjustments

made and the areas of the layer affected.

With the adjustment layer in place,

double-click it in the Layers panel to open

the Adjustments panel. Move the Hue slider

until you get a subtle green reﬂection (see

Figure 1.23). Once the adjustment is made,

you should have replaced the eight ball with

the apple, complete with enhanced shadows

and colored reﬂection (see Figure 1.24).

Figure 1.19 Resize as needed.

Figure 1.20 Shadowing with the Burn tool

Figure 1.21 Create a feathered selection.

Figure 1.23 The Adjustments panel gives

you great control over your edits.

Figure 1.22 The mask helps

isolate a region to be corrected

or edited.

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