
Lastly, select the Brush Tool (B) and using a black soft rounded brush paint outside the skin areas to hide them. Step 9Ĭlick the Layer Mask Thumbnail of the "Shine" layer to make it active. In the Hue/Saturation Properties panel, set the Saturation to -20. Name this layer as "Saturation", check the "Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask" and click OK. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation. In the Layers Panel, set the blend mode of the "Shine" layer to Overlay and bring down the Opacity to about 60%. Suitable for: Web designers, Front-end developers Compatible with: Photoshop CC 2018 / CC / CS6 Price: Free Ink plugin for Photoshop is a very handy extension for web designers who work with developers. Hold the Alt key (to split the slider in 2) and drag the black slider of the "Underlaying Layer" until you reach a value where that shining area is smoother, which in this case is a value of 155. A free plugin which embeds design specifications (layer styles, measures, text formattings) right into the PSD. Drag the black slider of the "Underlaying Layer" until you reach a value where the more shining part of the skin becomes more noticeable (in this image, the shoulder), which in this case is a value of 205. They can also supply you with image effects that aren’t built in.

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With the "Shine" layer selected, go to Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options. Photoshop is an expensive and powerful piece of software. In the Curves Properties panel, add a new anchor point by clicking anywhere over the curve and set the point Input to 115 and the Output to 135.

Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves. But before we begin, and if you want to follow this tutorial exactly as described, please download the following free image from Pexels: Download.
