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And B&W version....



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Could use more shadows, lazy to point out all of the bad areas

Hmm another try...

Some Curves. ._.

Forgot about them...

Ok added

What i really wanted to disappear once and for all is a 100% shadows on both top right and bottom left, it's half-shadowed.

Ok...



Why can't I change my entry ;(

Remove the text and add some dodge around the render, you have backlight.
Also add a warm photo filter.

What do you mean with dodge? And how too add it?

Listen. What you did there is blend the focal out from the bg with those glowing lines. Remember that light is dynamic, it will land on everything and it's the easiest way to mix it all together.

See the second version? There's a little bit of light around it, you can do that either by creating a clipping mask layer on the render (on color dodge) and with a soft white (light orange for sunsets etc.) brush go around it or just add a layer on soft light and fix the lightning. There are a lot of ways..

P.S : Never place the text on the focal.

Alu be making stuff look pro... if only he would teach me as well :L.

Hmm tried what you said but wasn't able to get the same result neither how much I tried -_-

If you see that it gets too rough, use gaussian blur at 2 px then CTRL + F to apply the same filter over and over till you see it going smooth.

Or, apply layer use gaussian blur at 2px on the whole thing then delete the focal and set it on lighten.