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Hide Cluttered Backgrounds

 

*Photoshop Lightroom 2 Tip*

To isolate a subject that gets lost in a cluttered background, go to the Vignettes panel and use the sliders to darken as much of the background as possible.  Then select the Adjustment Brush, choose the Exposure Effect, and set Exposure to –4.00 ( its lowest setting ).  Now paint out the background to put the spotlight on your subject.

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  1. spoon said on — July 22, 2009 @ 4:24 am

    thanks a lot :)

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Create A Composite Layer

If you have a multilayer composition and you
want to apply an effect to all the layers at once, don’t flatten the layers–use a composite layer instead. Hide the layers you want excluded, and press Shift-Command-Option-E (PC: Shift-Ctrl-Alt-E). A new layer will be created at the top containing a merged copy of all the visible layers.

Another option is to create a new layer at the top of the stack and make it active. Command-click (PC: Ctrl-click) each layer you want to include to make those layers active, as well. Press Option-Command-E (PC: Alt-Ctrl-E).
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