With this photo I use a gradient map and then used a brush on the areas that I wanted to come to life with color.

With this photo I selected a copy of the laptop and then opened the channels and clicked on the red channel.  I then used a brush to select the areas of the map and then placed it over the original photo and lowered the opacity.  It now has a window type effect.

Here I used the brush tool and set the size to 750 px.  I then clicked on the Shape Dynamics and set the Size Jitter to around 70%.  After that, I set the Scattering to 240% and turned on the Both Axes checkbox.  I then set the Transfer's Opacity Jitter to 85%.  I then brushed the background until I got the desired effect.  I added a flare to the iPad using a brush that I made in one of the lessons.  I also added a filter to the items to bring texture to the image.

With this photo I combined two different effects.  I used the photo with the bokeh and filter effects and I applied a gradient map to it.  I then used a brush to bring out the areas that I wanted to have color.  On the circles I used two different settings in opacity so that the shades would differ.

This is my final project from this lesson.  Here I used the photo that best represented my style and I designed a Self-Promo card that can be used to advertised my services.  I added a drop shadow to my name so that it would stand out a little bit better. I also added an opaque  background to bring out the tagline.