Chapter 4. Favorite Adjustment Layers and Filters

Covered in This Chapter

• Curves

• B&W adjustment layers

• Color balance

• Hue and saturation

• Smart Filters

• Blur Gallery

• Sharpening

• Reducing noise

• Camera Raw filter

Photo of a scenery displays mountains and a volcano at the left. Clouds hide a portion of the volcano. At the back of the volcano, snowy hills are shown. At the bottom, a lake is shown.

▴ FOUR TEARS OF VICTORY (2009)

Remember your first few composites—those roughly cut and pasted, disjointed collages? Whether we like to admit it or not, we all go through this stage before honing our eyes and skills to craft an element of photorealism into our work. That element is what elevates a composite from a mere copy-and-paste-fest to a seamless new reality. The craft behind it is largely the craft of using filters, ...

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