Inside Photoshop® CS

Adding a Diamond to the Image Background

A cover girl necessarily has to be on the cover of a specific magazine, right? Because our future cover girl is decked out in precious stones and the like, let's pretend that the magazine is about gems. Therefore, a stylized diamond in the background can only enhance the beauty of the overall picture without distracting from the main focal points of the composition.

You will add a shiny diamond just above the girl's head by creating three gradients to be doubled:

Adding a Diamond Highlight to the Background

1.	Let's make our first set of three layers. Click on the Base new background layer to make it the active layer. Click on the Create a new layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. Make sure ...