The Magic Night
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This lesson will show to you as by means of simple actions to create a beautiful and interesting collage. |
Resourses:
Background: http://buddhabear.deviantart.com/
Sky: http://minetje.deviantart.com/
Planet: http://Kjaer.deviantart.com/
Step 1. We begin with a basis of our collage - the background. I have found a photo of the cloudless sky of emerald color. It ideally suits: we only have to cut out a superfluous bottom part. We do it, using Crop Tool.
Step 2. We will do a reflection; therefore we need to increase the size of the canvas. We open menu Image - Canvas Size, and we increase the factor “height” twice. When the sheet will increase in height, we will transfer a background upward.
Step 3. We do the duplicate of a layer and reflect it across. We have to get a symmetric reflection of a picture.
Step 4. In menu Image - Adjustments - Color Balance we will change adjustments, as it is shown on pictures. Reflection will get bright orange color.
Step 5. We Merge Down the layers. Then we choose Burn Tool, and we black out the area where pictures incorporate.
Step 6. In menu Image - Adjustments - Brightness/Contrasts we put adjustments as on the picture.
Step 7. Let’s improve quality of the sky which was impaired a little after correction of color and contrast. We do a copy of a layer with the background, and we work with filter Blur - Gaussian Blur.
Step 8. Let’s lower Opacity of the layer up to 50 %.
Step 9. Using Eraser tool, we will erase the layer in the places which cover trees, to return to them clearness. As a result we should receive the same picture, only with the better sky.
Step 10. Now we will work with a planet. We will copy a picture and insert it on a new layer. We will change the size on necessary and after this place it above trees, at the left.
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Comments
that’s a beautiful result!
i’ve gone through many tutorials; many teach you something technical or others are about some cool trick you can do to achieve something.
but this tutorial just uses basic tools to create something that looks incredible!
keep up the work
Nice but … usually reflections are … uhu … reflecting, but the clouds reflected are different from the visible one and there is not the moon/planet reflected on the water …
This is disturbing …
Keep up the good work!
I think I see what Sauro is getting at. The clouds on the bottom reflection look a bit too strong, and the moon/planet reflection looks more like the way a sun would reflect. A moon would show a bit more crescent and less squiggly. Up top you barely see any clouds at all, save the small dark smudges. It isn’t bad, but some of us are probably very picky lol.
However, you still teach the ideas of photo manipulating very well. I suggest this to anyone interested in starting to learn manipulation. It has all the basics.
Hi! I don’t think I’m doing step 2 or 3 right….my results don’t look the same as the tutorial!! I can’t seem to duplicate the layer! Can anyone help me?
I think you messed up on the Moon’s Reflection, it just doesn’t look right.
The reflection of the water implies that the water surface is smooth and without ripples (looking at the trees’s reflection), but looking at the moon’s reflection it looks like there’s a lot of ripples.
It’s just over done. My $0.02.
Cool tutorial. I have to agree with Kbaby though. The planet’s reflection is a bit off. But still great manipulation man. =) Thanks.
The reflection of the moon and stars don’t seem convincing. I have taken many shots of the moon reflected in water and this doesn’t look real. Please confer with more reference pictures.
nice design