In this #Photoshop #Tutorial, I‘m showing you how to exposure blend using the apply image tool

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0:00 Intro
For landscape photography, to get the very best images in a lot of cases you want to blend different exposures to get all the details – in the shadows as well as in the highlights. There are many ways to do this like HDR in Lightroom or Blend if in Photoshop. In this video I’m using the Apply image feature of Photoshop to blend three different exposures to get a pleasing picture.

Besides recovering all the details from the shadows and the highlights I wanted to get back the autumn tones and make the scene warmer. I wanted to have a very subtle, dreamy look, especially over the bright parts. While I did the basic adjustments in the camera raw editor, a lot of the editing was done in Photoshop itself.

0:30 1. Basic Adjustments
I started with the middle exposure to do the raw adjustments. Here, I switched the profile to Adobe Landscape for stronger colors, and adjusted the white balance to give me a warmer look. I added texture and clarity for a sharp image. As the plan is to exposure blend, I didn’t change the highlights / shadows here.

2:22 2. Color Grading
There’s also a little bit of color grading involved: I dropped the yellow and green hue slightly for a stronger autumn foliage, then slightly dropped the blue saturation to not make the sky too dominant. Also, I added a warm tone to the highlights with the split toning.

5:10 3. Photoshop Apply image
To do the exposure blending, I loaded all three images into one Photoshop file, with the brightest exposure as the bottom layer and the darker ones on top (and turned off). I added a layer mask to the middle exposure layer, then with the layer masks selected went to image – apply image. Without adjusting the settings, I just hit ok. Now turning back on the middle exposure layer, we have successfully blended the two photos. Depending on the scene, you still want to finely adjust the layer mask with a brush to add contrast.

8:50 4. Final Editing
After the exposure blending I added some more contrast on the castle itself using a levels adjustment layer. Then, I made the blue part of the sky slightly darker using a black brush on an overlay layer.

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