After this step, I made a copy of this last effect and flattened all of the layers of the copy.  So, on this last layer, I applied a filter – Distort > Diffuse Glow – with a white colour.

Fig. underground-escalator-distort diffuse glow

To change the colour of the image I used the “color balance” tool, moving the curser towards the red and yellow colours.  I did this same action for the shadows, mid-tones and highlights.

Fig. underground-escalator-colour balance

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And for the final effect, I took the following image and used it as an occlusion pass (before, I simply modified the brightness and contrast with a levels layer!).

Fig. Underground-escalator-dirt

Fig. underground-escalator-occlusion pass

Final Result.

And here is the final result. Lionel Verlinden

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