Photoshop Finishing Touches

Technique #46. Gradient Map

With just the addition of a Gradient Map adjustment layer, you can add all kinds of color effects to your image, as I’ll show you here.

key concepts:

adjustment layers

Here’s the original image.

Step One.

Click on the Create New Adjustment Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette, and from the pop-up menu, choose Gradient Map. In the Gradient Map dialog, click on the down-facing triangle next to the gradient ...