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The pictures still too bright and cheerful. Snowfall usually sucks the colors right out of the day. We can do the same here in two steps.

First use a Curves adjustment layer to flatten the highlights:

1. Activate the layer immediately below the Snow copy 4 layer set.
   
2. Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Curves.
   
   
   
   Adjust the curve so it looks kind of like this:
   
   
   
   The picture should look like this:
   
   

Finally, desaturate the picture a bit with a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer.

1. Activate the topmost layer or layer let. It should be the Snow copy 2 layer set if youve followed this tutorial exactly.
   
2. Layer -> New Adjustment Layer -> Hue/Saturation.
   
   
   
   Change the saturation level to 20:
   
   
   
   The (final) picture should look similar to this:
   
   
   
   I hope this tutorial was helpful. If you have trouble following it, send me an e-mail and Ill try to help you out.
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