I'm again going to quote Amy's post. I like this method esepcially because it's only a single layer and very easy to change the effect.
| "make a new layer, fill with 50% grey and set that layer to "overlay" and paint black or white (again, 0% hardness on the brush, 100% opacity, 1% flow) to carve down or up. This method sometimes adds more saturation to the carved shadows than i would prefer " |
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Create a brand new layer above your photo, and fill it with 50% grey. Click Edit>Fill... (or press SHIFT-F5) and select 50% grey from the 'Use' dropdown
You now need to change the blending mode to Overlay.

Fig 13.
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Using a soft, slow flowing white brush paint in highlights, and the same brush but black will increase shadows. Easy huh!
Here's another roll-over.
Fig 14.