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Rabu, 21 Desember 2011

Photoshop Beginners Samurai Fantasy

 

 

Step 1: First download the files using the resources button and open up a new document 1500 pixels by 1000 pixels.

 

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Open up your background Image from the files you downloaded and paste or drag it into your document. Bring up the Free Transform Tool 'Ctrl + T' on the keyboard and position the Image as seen below.

 

 

   

Step 3: Go your layers palette and select the brush identified below and using the color  #703500 and using the brush settings you see also below paint as shown.

Step 4: Now open the Tree Image from the files you downloaded and go to Edit/Define Brush Preset. You will now find your new Tree Brush at the bottom of your Brushes. The screenshot says 'Images.jpg' you may call your Tree Brush whatever you like.

 

 

Step 5: You can now use you Tree Brush to paint in along the to of you tree line as seen below. Change the size jitter on your brush to 46%.

 

 

Step 6: We make another layer for our second tree line and the small hillock use an ordinary hard brush for the hillock and follow the same process as before on the new tree line using this color #4f2807

 

 

 Step 7: One more layer of trees using this color #4f2807 you can then alter the color slightly making it a little bit darker here and there something like this.

 

 

 Step 8: We can now start to name our layers, you may do this from the very beginning if you wish. Click on the name in the Layers Palette and enter you chosen name we will do this now with each layer as we progress. We are going to add some grass on a New Layer over the top of the trees use these colors  #9d4b1b  and  #a27416  with the brush settings shown.

 

 

Step 9: Make another Layer and cover the hillock with grass using the same techniques as in the last step only make the brush a little bigger.

 

 

 Step 10: Next we go to Filters/Render/Lighting Effects and use the following settings on the Grass 2 Layer.

 

 

 Step 11: Now we will add another grass Layer with the brush size set to 119 px and using #642a08  and  #815212  as our Foreground and Background colors.

 

 

 Step 12: Add now a couple more Layers of grass going darker the final one uses Black and a very dark Brown as the Foreground and Background colors.

 

 

Step 13: Drop back to the Layer we have called Grass 2 create a Layer above this Layer, hover over the line between the two Layers in the Layers Palette pressing the Alt key and create a Clipping Mask. Using  #febb10  as your color and a medium soft brush paint as shown below. Drop the Opacity to 50% on this Layer and then go to Filter/Blur/Gaussian Blur and Blur by 27.8 px.

 

 

 Step 14: Go to your downloaded resource files and open up the rock outcrop. Using the Quick Selection Tool make a Selection as shown.

 

 

 Step 15: With this new selection go to Edit/Copy then jump to your original document and with the Layer Grass 1 selected go to Edit/Paste to import your rock outcrop. Then press 'ctrl ' + 'T' to bring up the Free Transform Tool and reposition the rocks like this.

 

 

Step 16: Make a copy of the rock Layer by pressing 'Ctrl' + 'J' with this Layer selected 'click on the icon in the Layers Palette holding 'Ctrl' Select your Gradient Tool and drag the Gradient below across the selection, then drop the opacity to 80%.

 

 

 

Step 17: Create another Clipping Mask over the rock color Layer and using  #feb10a  as your color paint in some highlights, drop the opacity to 69% and go to Filters/Blur/Gaussian Blur and select 9.0 px 



Step 18: Back to your source files now open the Figure copy and paste it into your Document re size slightly using your Free Transform Tool this Image has already been cropped for you. Then we are going to use a Filter you need to go to Filter/Filter Gallery/Brush Strokes and follow the settings shown below. You need to place the figure between Grass 4 and 5 Layers.

Step 18: Now go to Image/Adjustments/Match Color and follow the settings.

 

 

Step 18: Duplicate the Figure Layer by pressing 'Ctrl' + 'J' and then add the following Layer Style.


 

Step 19: Now carefully using a your Eraser Tool with an Opacity of around 15% start to carefully Erase from this Layer until it looks the way you want it to. You may add some highlights and fill the gap below the rocks with some foliage or grass I have included some Brushes for this.

 


 

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