1. | Open the Orcia Landscape photo.
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2. | Double-click the background layer and rename it Landscape.
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3. | Drag the Landscape layer to the New Layer icon in the Layers palette to duplicate the Landscape layer.
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4. | Choose Filter, Other, High Pass to launch the High Pass dialog box.
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5. | Set the Radius slider to 3.6 pixels and click OK to apply the effect.
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6. | Set the blending mode for the Landscape Copy layer to Darken.
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7. | Select Merge Down from the Layers palette menu to merge the two Landscape layers.
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8. | Select the Crop tool and Shift-drag to draw a square cropping area in the lower-center of the image. Double-click within the crop selection to apply the crop.
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9. | Drag the Landscape layer to the New Layer icon in the Layers palette to duplicate the Landscape layer.
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10. | Double-click the Landscape Copy layer title and give the new layer the name Flipped Landscape.
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11. | Choose Image, Transform, Flip Vertical to flip the layer.
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12. | Select the Move tool, press the Shift key to constrain horizontal movement, and drag the Flipped Landscape layer 130 pixels higher in the composition.
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13. | Select the Darken blending mode from the Layers palette for the Flipped Landscape layer to complete the foliage texture layers.
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14. | Choose Image, Canvas Size. In the dialog box that appears, set the Width value to 3210, and set the anchor box to the upper-left corner. Click OK to enlarge the canvas.
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15. | Open the Galgano Bench photo.
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16. | Select the Crop tool and Shift-drag to draw a square cropping area around the center of the image. Double-click within the crop selection to apply the crop.
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17. | Choose Select, All to copy the cropped Galgano Bench photo.
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18. | Choose Edit, Copy, activate the image composite, and choose Edit, Paste.
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19. | Select the Move tool from the toolbox and drag the new layer to the blank canvas area on the right.
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20. | Double-click the layer name in the Layers palette and rename it Galgano Bench.
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21. | Select Hard Light from the Blending Mode pull-down menu in the Layers palette.
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22. | Open the Pink Trees photo.
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23. | Choose Filter, Sharpen, Unsharp Mask. Set the Amount slider to 60%, the Radius slider to 0.7 pixels, and leave the Threshold slider at 0. Click OK to sharpen.
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24. | Choose Image, Adjustments, Hue/Saturation. In the dialog box, move the middle Saturation slider to -52.
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25. | Select the Rectangular Marquee tool and Shift-drag a square selection, focusing on the pink wall, allowing the trees to bleed off the right edge.
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26. | Choose Edit, Copy, activate the composite image, and choose Edit, Paste.
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27. | In the Layers palette, drag the pasted image beneath the Galgano Bench layer, double-click the new layer to highlight it, and name it Pink Trees.
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28. | Select Linear Light from the Layers palette Blending Mode menu.
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29. | Click the Create a New Layer icon in the Layers palette, double-click the layer title to select it, and name the new layer Solid Black.
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31. | Set foreground color to black, select the Paintbucket from the toolbox, and click to fill the new layer with black.
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31. | Set the blending mode for this new layer to Color.
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32. | Open the Sant Olivetto Woods photo.
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33. | Choose Select, All.
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34. | Choose Edit, Copy, activate the image composite, and choose Edit, Paste.
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35. | Select the Move tool and drag the pasted layer to the upper-left corner of the composition.
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36. | In the Layers palette, drag the Tree Bark 2 layer below the Solid Black layer in the layer stack, just above Pink Trees. Double-click the layer name and name the layer Tree Bark 2.
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37. | Set the layer's blending mode to Soft Light and set its Opacity value to 62%.
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38. | Open the Drips 2 scanned image file.
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39. | Choose Select, All. Then choose Edit, Copy, activate the image composite, and choose Edit, Paste. Name the new layer Drips2.
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40. | Select the Move tool and drag the pasted layer to the center of the composition.
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41. | Select Linear Light from the Blending Mode pull-down menu in the Layers palette.
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42. | Choose Image, Adjust, Curves.
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43. | Set the curve points to Input: 255, Output: 0; Input: 66, Output: 101; and Input: 0, Output: 255.
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44. | Click the Add Layer Mask icon in the Layers palette to add a mask.
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45. | Set the foreground color to an RGB value of R128, G128, B128 (50% gray), select the Paintbucket tool, and click in the image to mask the entire image by 50%.
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46. | Select the Brush tool, set the foreground color to white, and lower the Opacity slider to 10% in the Options bar. Lighten the mask around the left side of the central drip shape.
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