Now that that’s done drag the vignette to our canvas using the Move tool (V) and put it on top of all the layers that we’ve created, and then set its Blending mode to Multiply and its Opacity to 75%.
Note: The Blending mode can be found in the Layer window, the Opacity tab is just beside it. You may also access the Blending mode by double clicking on the layer that you want the Blending mode changed.
The image with the vignette should be similar to the image below:
You may also want to use this Vignette layer in future projects. How? You just have to create a new file, drag the Vignette using the Move tool to that canvas and save it as a PSD file. (Saving as a PSD file is explained on Step 7 of this tutorial).
Step 6 - Retouch the image
In this step, we would be changing the overall color tone of our image, correcting the Brightness/Contrast, adjusting the colors of the wall to make it blend in seamlessly with the rest of the image.
To start, let’s retouch the walls, but first we would have to merge them. Click on both layers “wall 1” and “wall 2” and right click on any of them and click Merge Layers from the contextual menu.
With the two layers merged, we can now change their color. From the Menu bar, click on Image > Adjustments > Color Balance and input the following settings, respectively:
Midtones:
- Color Levels: 19, 0, -28
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked
- Shadows:
- Color Levels: 0, 0, -3
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked
Next, let’s create an adjustment layer on top of all our layers. To do that, click on the Create New Fill layer/ Adjustment layer button which is found on the Layer window, situated to the left of the Create New Group button.
Now let’s create a Solid Color adjustment layer from the Create New Fill layer/ Adjustment layer menu. When the Solid color (Color Picker) box opens, input the following value on the “#” box:
Change its Blending mode to Exclusion and its Opacity to 40%.
After that, create a new Solid Color adjustment layer and this time input this value on the “#” box:
Set this layer’s Blending mode to Overlay and its Opacity to 20%.
Next, create a Photo Filter adjustment layer, still from the Create New Fill layer/ Adjustment layer contextual menu. When the Photo Filter box opens, use the following values:
- Filter: Cooling Filter (82)
- Density: 25%
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked
After you press OK, change the Blending mode to Darken and the Opacity to 50%.
Next, let’s create a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer. Input the following values when the box opens:
Next, let’s create a Color Balance adjustment layer, when the box opens, let’s input the following values:
- Midtones:
- -5, 0, -7
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked
Now, we will need to adjust the color of the sky, because it is too green for our image, it doesn’t seem to fit well. To change its color, we will have to create a Selective Color adjustment layer. From the Create New Fill layer/ Adjustment layer button pick Selective Color and input the following values:
- Colors: Cyans
- Cyan: -40
- Magenta: 0
- Yellow: -10
- Black: +50
- Method: Absolute
Next, let’s add another Photo Filter adjustment layer. When the box opens, use the following:
- Filter: Orange
- Density: 25%
- Preserve Luminosity: Checked
Finally, let’s add a Curves adjustment layer. Now, when the Curves adjustment layer box opens, input the following:
- Channel: RGB
- Input: 125
- Output: 134
Final Results
