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High Contrast Clouds

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Added:Jul 13, 2005 Rating:   Level: Experienced Software: Photoshop  

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Open the image for editing.

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Duplicate the current layer and change the blending mode of the new layer to Soft Light.

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With the top layer selected, use the Levels tool (Ctrl+L) to apply the following properties:

Input Levels: 175, 1.00, 255

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Add a layer mask (Layer> Add Layer Mask> Reveal All) to the current layer.

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With the layer mask selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image> Apply Image) to apply the following properties:

Layer: Merged
Channel: RGB
Invert: Checked
Blending: Multiply
Opacity: 100%

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On the layer mask, use the Eraser tool (E) to erase the high contrast effect in certain areas.

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High Contrast Clouds
To increase the contrast further, change the blending mode to Overlay. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this Photoshop technique was applied.