I'm still so jazzed about the new Adobe Exchange and the ability to find great backgrounds for my composites. With a few brushes and gradient tools you can make any background uniquely your own. When your subject is lit correctly it takes just seconds to cut them out from the background using the quick selection tool and refine mask tool. With the right tools you can always go back and make adjustments and refinements to make the image work. If you can't go back and rework a layer without starting over you're doing it wrong! Take time to think about your work flow. Have you given yourself room to experiment with the luxury of going back just before you try something different? Just because an effect you love is global and affects the entire images doesn't mean you have to use it on the entire image. Use layer masks and only apply it where you need it or want it. This image was lit with a gridded beauty dish boomed above. Two rim lights through gridded stripboxes for rim. http://flic.kr/p/iSU511
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