test 1 Practical Photoshop - April 2018 UK | Page 11

2 MAKE A ROUGH BORDER
Grab the Graduated Filter tool and load
it with -4.0 exposure, then drag a tiny
gradient near the edge of the frame. Move
to the next edge and add another, then keep
going around the edges a few times until the
border is complete.
3 USEFUL SHORTCUTS FOR GRADS
You can use
the Graduated
Filter to enhance a
sky by selectively
darkening Exposure
or increasing Clarity.
You usually want the
adjustment to run
perfectly parallel to
the horizon, so hold
down Shift while
dragging a Graduated
Filter adjustment to
keep it horizontal. If
you hold down Alt
while dragging the
grad adjustment,
the blend begins
centrally instead.