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now set the layer mode of this greyscaled layer to Overylay.


Now do the whole flattening, copying, undoing, pasting thing again. (:

Make a duplicate of the flattened layer, set the layer mode to Screen, and do a Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set it to about 4.6 for now. and press ok.


now make a duplicate of that older Greyscaled version, and bring up a copy of that layer to the top of the layers, and set the layer mode to Overlay.


So far you've had 4 nice looks for a manip, you can go with whatever look you want. Trying different colors/filters and then using layer modes to blend them together. I sometimes end up with 30 layers I don't even use toward the end of a manipulation. Just random stuff I tried out. This here was random too, I just documented it as I Went. So just try this, if you're not much into experimenting. When you get familiar with it, try your own changes. Sometimes I like doing a sepia tone look but not exactly. For that, you make a copy of a flattened layer you have (one of the layers with nothing above it or below it effect it's appearance) and greyscale it. Then make a new layer above it. Fill that layer with a brown color of your choice, nothing too dark or light though. And try out different layer modes on that color layer to blend the color into the layer below it.

I did it with this green color - 7D6939, and set the layer mode to overlay.



So have a blast