Photoshop Tutorial: Part 1 - How to Create a Gold, Medallion Coin Portrait

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create your

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own custom gold medallion coin including

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how to add custom wrap around text this

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tutorial is in two parts in the first

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part will create the base medallion and

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prepare the person to place into it in

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part two will stamp the person into the

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medallion transforming its texture and

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add the wraparound text this tutorial is

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an update of one I did on an earlier

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version of Photoshop I provided this

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marble texture that you can use for your

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background it's link is in my video's

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description or project files open a

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photo that you'd like to make into a

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medallion coin it could be color or

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black and white I downloaded this one

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from shutterstock.com to get the best

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results from the filters that we'll be

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using we need to make the resolution of

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the photo 300 pixels per inch to do this

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go to image and image size type in 300

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pixels per inch if the size of your

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image becomes too large type in a lower

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amount in either its width or height but

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first make sure the chain-link icon is

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on I'll type in fifteen hundred pixels

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for its height the width automatically

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changes because the chain link is on in

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this example the image size went from

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over ninety four megabytes to under five

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megabytes

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to fit it back onto your canvas press

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ctrl 0 on Windows or command 0 on a Mac

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to correct the brightness and contrast

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of your photo will use the levels

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adjustment but before doing this let's

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convert the photo into a smart object so

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we can modify it non-destructively

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click the icon at the top-right corner

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of the layers panel and click convert to

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smart object

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click the adjustment layer icon and

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choose levels

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slide the input white level to

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approximately the point where the

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histogram starts to rise and do the same

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for the input black level

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if your photo is in color click the

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adjustment layer icon again and this

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time click black white

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this removes all its color click the

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photo to make it active the next step is

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to make a selection around your subject

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so we can separate it from its

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background there are many ways to make

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selections and your choice should depend

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on the characteristics of your photo for

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this example I'll use the quick

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selection tool and drag the tool over my

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subject to select it

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once you make the selection click the

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layer mask icon to make a layer mask of

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the selection next to your subject

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shift-click on the top layer to

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highlight all the layers and convert

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them all into one smart object

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ctrl-click or command click on the new

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layer icon to make a new layer below the

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active layer we'll fill it with seventy

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percent grey click the foreground color

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to open the color picker in the

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brightness field type in seventy percent

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then click OK

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press alt or option + delete to fill the

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empty layer with the foreground color

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convert the gray layer into a smart

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object so we can modify the filter that

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we'll be adding to it go to filter and

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filter gallery

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open the texture folder and click grain

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make the intensity five the contrast 50

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and the grain type regular

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make a top layer active

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and open your elliptical marquee tool

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go to the center of the portion of your

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subject that you'd like to use for your

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medallion and press and hold alt or

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option + shift as you drag out a

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selection don't release the keys on your

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keyboard yet add the spacebar key to

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reposition the selection

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when it's positioned and size to your

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liking you can release all the keys

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask of the selection next to the

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active layer

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click this icon

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options reduce its opacity to thirty

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percent then click OK shift click on the

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gray layer to highlight it as well and

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convert the two layers into one smart

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object

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open the marble background I provided or

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you can open your own background that

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you'd like to use just make sure it's

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resolution is 300 pixels per inch

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer we'll fill it with forty percent

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grey click your foreground color

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in the brightness field type in forty

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percent

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press alt or

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+ delete to fill the empty layer with

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the foreground color before we begin

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making the medallion template let's

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create Center guidelines go to view if

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you're working on Photoshop cs6 or

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earlier I'll show you what to do in a

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minute click new guide layout type in 24

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the number in columns and rows and make

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sure Center columns is checked then

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click OK for versions earlier than CC go

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to view and click new guide type in

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fifty percent for horizontal and click

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ok then go back to view and click new

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guide tick vertical and type in fifty

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percent as well

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make sure your elliptical marquee tool

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is active and go to the center of your

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guidelines press and hold alt or option

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+ shift as you drag out a circular

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selection approximately this size

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask of the selection next to the

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active layer double click the gray layer

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to open its layer style window

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click bevel & emboss make the size 50

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pixels

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and uncheck global light make the angle

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130 degrees and the altitude 60 degrees

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open glass contours and click the gear

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icon

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click contours

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when you see this message click OK to

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replace your current contours with the

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new set of contours if you don't see

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their names click the gear icon again

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and click small list since small list is

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already checked here I won't click on it

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click ring double

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make the highlight opacity a hundred

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percent and the shadow opacity sixty

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percent click drop shadow

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the blend mode to linear burn

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uncheck global light and make the angle

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140 degrees make the distance 35 pixels

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the spread five percent

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and the size 25 pixels make the opacity

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thirty percent then click OK next we'll

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add the inside template

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click the new layer icon to make a new

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layer

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ctrl-click or command click on the layer

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mask to make a selection of its shape go

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to select and transform selection

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click the chain-link button this links

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the width and the height in either field

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type in ninety-eight percent to accept

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the transform click the checkmark

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask of the selection next to the

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active layer click the empty layer to

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make it active we'll fill it with fifty

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percent grey click the foreground color

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and in the brightness field type in

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fifty percent then click OK

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fill the empty layer with the foreground

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color

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double-click the top gray layer to open

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its layer style window click bevel and

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emboss

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make the depth 52-percent the direction

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down and the size 90 pixels make the

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highlight opacity 57% and the shadow

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opacity sixty percent click contour and

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open your list of contour presets scroll

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up a bit and click Cove shallow

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click drop shadow the distance and size

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are 8 pixels open contour scroll down a

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bit and click ring double

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make the noise twenty-five percent and

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click OK

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next will brighten it and add color but

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first to save space in the layers panel

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let's group the medallion coin layers

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into a folder to do this shift-click on

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the middle layer to highlight it as well

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then press ctrl or command G

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name the folder whatever you'd like

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click the adjustment layer icon and

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click color balance to restrict the

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adjustment layer to effect just the

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medallion coin and not the background

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click the clipping mask icon now the

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adjustment layer is clipped to just the

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one layer beneath it

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click shadows

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make the cyan read 20 and click the tab

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key on your keyboard twice to go to

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yellow blue type in minus sixty one

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click mid-tones in the first field type

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in 74 click the tab key and type in 25

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and then minus eighty two click

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highlights

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in the top field type in 26 then 25 and

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then minus 40 in part 2 will stamp your

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photo into it and add wraparound text

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this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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thanks for watching