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02-24-2010, 12:55 PM
Making of a Forest Magical Scene
by Johnson Koh
Create a new ******** of 500×700 pixels. Download Forest 5 from Stock City here (http://stockcity.deviantart.com/art/Forest-05-53870759). Place the forest image into your ******** as shown in the diagram.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/1.jpg
Download May Queen S11 from Mjranum Stock here (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/May-Queen-S-11-117077616). Open up the image in Photoshop, go to Filter > Extract to remove the background. You may wish to visit here (http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/) to check out other methods of extraction.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/2.jpg
Download Fairy S5 from Mjranum Stock here (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fairy-S-5-61586270). Open up the image in Photoshop, go to Filter > Extract to remove the background. You may wish to visit here (http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/) to check out other methods of extraction.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/3.jpg
Drag and resize the extracted May Queen into your ********. Right-click on the May Queen layer and choose Blending Options. Activate Outer Glow, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 22%, Color to #FFFFBE, Size to 46px and leave the rest as default.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/4.jpg
Rresize the Fairy and place it on the palm of May Queen. Right-click on the Fairy layer and choose Blending Options. Activate Outer Glow, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 22%, Color to #FFFFBE, Size to 46px and leave the rest as default. Activate Color Overlay, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge and Color to #C8FF05.
Duplicate May Queen layer. Select the lower May Queen layer and go to Edit > Free Transform. Scale the image downwards like the one shown in the diagram.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/6.jpg
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Set the Lightness to -100. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 5px. Erase those unwanted shadows behind the May Queen with the Eraser tool.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/7.jpg
Create a new layer and name it as Glitter. Select the Brush tool, set the size to 15px and brush type to Star. Set the foreground color to #FFFF00. Open up the Brush Palette and activate Scattering. Set the Scatter to 330%, Control to Pen Pressure, Count to 1 and Count Jitter to 0. Draw a path around the May Queen with Pen tool like the one shown below.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/8.jpg
While selecting Pen tool, right-click on the path you have just drawn and choose Stroke Path. Set the mode to Brush and check on Simulate Pressure. Right-click on Glitter layer and activate Outer Glow. Set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 75%, Size to 5 and leave the rest as default. Activate Color Overlay and set the color to #E9F8AC. Do the same for another new path around May Queen again.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/9.jpg
Create a new layer and name it as Flare. Download CS4 V2 Light Effect Brushes here (http://qbrushes.com/photoshop-abstract-brushes/s4-v2-brush/). Select the Brush tool and choose crismas2.psd. Set the foreground color to #FFFFFF and paint a large flare behind the May Queen layer. Set the Blend Mode of Flare layer to Overlay.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/10.jpg
Now merge all the layers you have created so far and name this new layer as Original. Duplicate the layer and set its Blend Mode to Soft Light.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/11.jpg
Duplicate another layer and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 10px. Set the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/12.jpg
Create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Set the Hue to 0, Saturation to -50 and Lightness to 0. Colorize remain unchecked.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/13.jpg
Create a new Color Balance Adjustment Layer. Set the Color Levels to -17, 16, -20. Leave the rest as default settings.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/14.jpg
Create a new Curves Adjustment Layer. Set a point in the middle of the curve with Output at 120 and Input at 130.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/15.jpg
Create a new Levels Adjustment Layer. Set the values to 20, 1, 239.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/16.jpg
Create a new Color Balance Adjustment Layer. Set the Color Levels to 23, 0, -18. Leave the rest as default settings.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/17.jpg
You may wish to add in more fairies to complete a more magical design like what I did below. Hope you have enjoyed reading the tutorial.
Greatly appreciate if there is a stumble or digg!
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/enlarge.jpg
by Johnson Koh
Create a new ******** of 500×700 pixels. Download Forest 5 from Stock City here (http://stockcity.deviantart.com/art/Forest-05-53870759). Place the forest image into your ******** as shown in the diagram.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/1.jpg
Download May Queen S11 from Mjranum Stock here (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/May-Queen-S-11-117077616). Open up the image in Photoshop, go to Filter > Extract to remove the background. You may wish to visit here (http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/) to check out other methods of extraction.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/2.jpg
Download Fairy S5 from Mjranum Stock here (http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Fairy-S-5-61586270). Open up the image in Photoshop, go to Filter > Extract to remove the background. You may wish to visit here (http://10steps.sg/photoshop/types-of-extraction-in-photoshop/) to check out other methods of extraction.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/3.jpg
Drag and resize the extracted May Queen into your ********. Right-click on the May Queen layer and choose Blending Options. Activate Outer Glow, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 22%, Color to #FFFFBE, Size to 46px and leave the rest as default.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/4.jpg
Rresize the Fairy and place it on the palm of May Queen. Right-click on the Fairy layer and choose Blending Options. Activate Outer Glow, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 22%, Color to #FFFFBE, Size to 46px and leave the rest as default. Activate Color Overlay, set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge and Color to #C8FF05.
Duplicate May Queen layer. Select the lower May Queen layer and go to Edit > Free Transform. Scale the image downwards like the one shown in the diagram.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/6.jpg
Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Set the Lightness to -100. Then go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 5px. Erase those unwanted shadows behind the May Queen with the Eraser tool.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/7.jpg
Create a new layer and name it as Glitter. Select the Brush tool, set the size to 15px and brush type to Star. Set the foreground color to #FFFF00. Open up the Brush Palette and activate Scattering. Set the Scatter to 330%, Control to Pen Pressure, Count to 1 and Count Jitter to 0. Draw a path around the May Queen with Pen tool like the one shown below.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/8.jpg
While selecting Pen tool, right-click on the path you have just drawn and choose Stroke Path. Set the mode to Brush and check on Simulate Pressure. Right-click on Glitter layer and activate Outer Glow. Set the Blend Mode to Color Dodge, Opacity to 75%, Size to 5 and leave the rest as default. Activate Color Overlay and set the color to #E9F8AC. Do the same for another new path around May Queen again.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/9.jpg
Create a new layer and name it as Flare. Download CS4 V2 Light Effect Brushes here (http://qbrushes.com/photoshop-abstract-brushes/s4-v2-brush/). Select the Brush tool and choose crismas2.psd. Set the foreground color to #FFFFFF and paint a large flare behind the May Queen layer. Set the Blend Mode of Flare layer to Overlay.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/10.jpg
Now merge all the layers you have created so far and name this new layer as Original. Duplicate the layer and set its Blend Mode to Soft Light.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/11.jpg
Duplicate another layer and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Set the radius to 10px. Set the Blend Mode of this layer to Screen.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/12.jpg
Create a new Hue/Saturation Adjustment Layer. Set the Hue to 0, Saturation to -50 and Lightness to 0. Colorize remain unchecked.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/13.jpg
Create a new Color Balance Adjustment Layer. Set the Color Levels to -17, 16, -20. Leave the rest as default settings.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/14.jpg
Create a new Curves Adjustment Layer. Set a point in the middle of the curve with Output at 120 and Input at 130.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/15.jpg
Create a new Levels Adjustment Layer. Set the values to 20, 1, 239.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/16.jpg
Create a new Color Balance Adjustment Layer. Set the Color Levels to 23, 0, -18. Leave the rest as default settings.
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/17.jpg
You may wish to add in more fairies to complete a more magical design like what I did below. Hope you have enjoyed reading the tutorial.
Greatly appreciate if there is a stumble or digg!
http://10steps.sg/wp-content/uploads/photo41/enlarge.jpg