Dream Land

Preview of Final Results   Step 1 - Create a new image To begin, let’s create a new file, go to the Menu bar and click on File > New and find the Preset drop-down menu and click on A4 on the contextual menu or you can input the A4 settings manually: Width: 2480 pixels Height: 3508 pixels Resolution: 300 dpi Color Mode: RGB Color; 8bit Background Contents: White  We would need a landscape canvas so we would need to rotate the newly created layer; so as the layer opens, go to Image > Rotate Canvas > 90’ CW. Step 2 - Correct the perspective of our background In this step, we would be opening “Grotty street stock” to our canvas and we would be fixing its asymmetrical perspective. So open our street stock from the folder you’ve saved it into and drag that image using the Move tool (V) to our A4 canvas. Take a look at our image you’d notice the lopsided angles on the window and on the street which are produced by the camera, these lopsided angles are often called B...

Preview of Final Results   Step 1 - Create a new image To start, let’s create an image document with the following settings: Width: 3072 pixels Height: 2048 pixels Resolution: 300 dpi Color Mode: RGB Color; 8bit Background Contents: Transparent Step 2 - Create the background In this step, we would be creating our background, that is, the ground and the sky. So, to begin, let’s open Aerial View of Paranaque PHILS. Once it has been opened, left-click on the image and activate the Move tool (V) then drag it to our newly created canvas. You’d notice that this stock image’s dimensions and that of the canvas are similar, so there is no need to do any resizing. After moving the stock image, double click on the words “layer 1” to rename this layer to “ground”. Renaming layers is a good thing since it lessens the confusion in the work process. Now that that’s done, let’s give the “ground” layer a little retouch to make it blend in with the rest of the images that we would be addi...

Preview of Final Result Step 1 - Extracting the Model Open the stock model image in Photoshop and use the Magic Wand tool to select the background. Go to Select > Inverse ( Ctrl+I ) to invert the selection , then duplicate the selected area by pressing Ctrl+J . In the Layers panel, you will see a new duplicated layer. Click on the Background layer, and fill it with black. Go back to Layer 1 and erase the extra parts of the image using the Eraser tool until you have just the head left. Make sure you pick a soft round brush with 100% opacity when erasing the image. Resize the head to make it smaller, and then place it in the middle of the canvas. Now soften the image by using the Median command on the Filter menu. Choose Noise > Median . Adjust the Radius value to around 5 to 7px . Click OK when you're done. Step 2 - Creating Smoke Guide Lines Desaturate this layer by going to Image > Adjustment > Desaturate, or simply press Ctrl+Shift+U . Then use Fil...