Technique #3. Dry Brush Painting on a Layer Mask

While the first two techniques rely on the effects of a filter, this time around you will have a much greater influence on the result by painting on the layer mask. The first few steps in this technique are the same as in the previous techniques, so I’ll go through them pretty quickly without explaining each step.

key concepts:

layer masks

define brush

Step One.
Press Command-J (PC: Control-J) ...

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