Step 16

To Blend better the Lady we have to add some light behind her. Create a layer under the Lady layer and set it to Soft Light with Opacity 80%. Pick a soft round brush (Opacity > 30%; Size > 900px) and paint some light around her.

Step 17

Let's work now on the mood. Add a Selective Color Adjustment Layer above everything with these settings:

• Blues: Cyan 0; Magenta: +6; Yellow: +54; Black +3.

This is the result.

Step 18

Open the 'Rope' Stock. Create a layer below the one you made for the light behind the Lady and put there the rope. Resize and rotate it (CTRL+T) until it fits the prospective.

Step 19

Add a Hue/Saturation Layer Adjustment ONLY for the Rope.

• Master: Hue 180; Lightness -21.

Step 20

Create a new layer above evrything. We're going to add some shadow where the lady stands. Pick the color #04083b wirh a soft brush (30% Opacity) and paint some shadow on the rope and the girl's hands, then set the layer to Overlay.

Step 21

Let's go with some other lights! Pick the color #daffff. Chose a round hard brush and paint something like the image below.

Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and set 250 px.

Set the layer to Soft Light and we'll have this result.

Step 22

Add a Gradient Map Adjustment layer (Colors are shown below). Set the Layer to Soft Light with Opacity and Fill at 80%.

Step 23

Time to enhance our work. Create a new layer. Go to Edit > Fill > 50% Gray. Set the layer to Overlay. Use the Burn Tool to paint the shadows (Range: Midtones; Strength: 20), the Dodge Tool for lights (Range: Midtones; Strength 20) and highlights (Range: Highlights; Strength 15). Below you can see my dodge & burn.

And this is the result.

Step 24

Add a Brightness / Contrast Adjustments.

• Brightness 5
• Contrast 20

Final Results

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Tutorial by Fabrizio Panattoni