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because this tool also looks at luminosity, not just color, to<br />
make a selection. You can select more colors or increase<br />
the Fuzziness when using Color Range, but this contaminates<br />
the edges of the selection. Here’s what I do: Make<br />
the selection with Color Range, and then apply Quick Mask<br />
(the Q key on your keyboard). Go to the Channels panel<br />
(Window>Channels) and look for the Quick Mask channel.<br />
Click on it and open Levels (Command-L [PC: Ctrl-L]).<br />
Drag the black and white triangles until the spots disappear,<br />
and click OK to close the Levels dialog. When you’re done,<br />
press Q again to get out of Quick Mask, and you now have<br />
a cleaner selection.<br />
Dragging Shadows<br />
Drop Shadows are awesome and fun. You can easily apply<br />
one by choosing the layer style at the bottom of the Layers<br />
panel (the ƒx icon). Don’t waste your time using the Distance<br />
and Angle controls, though. With the layer style open, you<br />
can click-and-drag the shadow right in the document window<br />
to put it exactly where you want. Try it: It’s quite fun<br />
dragging the interactive shadows on your image.<br />
Reset Your Filter<br />
When you’re in a dialog, it’s easy to get carried away with the<br />
settings; in fact, sometimes you get so carried away that you<br />
create a huge mess and can’t get out of it without exiting and<br />
going back in again—system abort! There’s a better way. If<br />
you hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key, the Cancel button<br />
will turn into a Reset button. Click Reset for a mulligan and<br />
try again.<br />
Stealing Presets from Lightroom<br />
Did you know that you can grab your presets from Lightroom<br />
and change them into Adobe Camera Raw presets<br />
in Photoshop? Start by applying the preset to an image<br />
in Lightroom and open it as a smart object in Photoshop<br />
(Photo>Edit In>Open as Smart Object in Photoshop). Now,<br />
in Photoshop, double-click the smart object thumbnail in the<br />
Layers panel to launch Camera Raw. Go to the Presets tab,<br />
click on the Create New Preset icon at the bottom, name<br />
the preset, and click OK. That’s all you have to do. Done!<br />
The cool thing is that it doesn’t matter which image you use<br />
for the preset to hitch a ride, because you aren’t using the<br />
image for any other purpose. ■<br />
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