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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8537985" data-attributes="member: 224119">Here is the image that we will create. Click on it to see the full-size version. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/final-result-small.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/final-result-small.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 1 Open a new document in Photoshop (Ctrl/Cmd + N). My document is 1280px wide and 800px high. <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=1280167" target="_blank">Download this image</a>  and open it in Photoshop. Move the image into your first document and  use Free Transform (Ctrl/Cmd + T) to change the size of this image. Name  this layer “bg”. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/112.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/112.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 2 Duplicate the “bg” layer (Ctrl/Cmd + J) and name the new layer  “land”. Add a mask to this layer (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All)  and use a black brush (B) to erase the top area of the photo (the sky  and the castle). See the image below for reference. Then hide the “bg”  layer. If you haven’t worked with Photoshop masks before, let me explain how  they work. If you know what Photoshop mask are, you can skip this  paragraph. When you create a mask, you can paint with a brush on it (or  any other drawing tool) to erase/reveal different areas of the layer  linked to that mask. When you paint with black on a mask, that painted  area will be erased from the correspondent layer. The white area of the  mask represents the visible area of the linked layer and gray represents  transparency. Why not use the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Eraser Tool</a>  instead of masks? Well, with masks you can always go back and modify  the visible/invisible area of a layer simply by painting with black or  white. The modifications made with <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Eraser Tool</a> (E) are definitive. That’s one of the biggest advantages of using Photoshop masks. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/211.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/211.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 3 Those trees from the right hand side of the image don’t look good at  all and we need to get rid of them. I’ll show you how to do this. First, use the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Rectangular Marquee Tool</a>  (M) to create a selection like the one you see below. Then make sure  that the “land” layer is active and hit Ctrl/Cmd + J. This will create a  new layer with the selected area of the “land” layer. Name the new  layer “land 2″. With the “land 2″ layer selected go to Edit > Transform > Flip Horizontal. Select the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Move Tool</a> (V) and move the “land 2″ layer in the right hand side of the document. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/35.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 4 Now we will use a mask to erase the right hand area of the “land 2″ layer. Go to Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal All. Then select a black soft  brush (B), make sure that the mask is active and paint with your brush  over the right hand area to remove that straight line. Select the two  land layers and hit Ctrl/Cmd + G to group them. Name the group “land”. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/42.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/42.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 5 <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml?f=view&id=448176" target="_blank">Download this image</a> and open it in Photoshop. Then use the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Rectangular Marquee Tool</a>  (M) to select the sky. Hit Ctrl/Cmd + C to copy your selection, then go  back to your first document and hit Ctrl/Cmd + V to paste it. Go to  Edit > Free Transform (Ctrl/Cmd + T), hold down the Shift key and  change the size of this image. Name this layer “sky”, put it inside a group (Ctrl/Cmd + G) and name  the group “sky” as well. Then put the “sky” group underneath the “land”  group. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/52.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/52.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 6 Now we will do some color adjustments to the sky. Make sure that the  “sky” layer is selected. Then go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer >  Color Balance, tick the “Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask”  option and use the settings from the following image. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/62.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/62.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 7 Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Hue/Saturation, tick the  “Use Previous Layer to Create Clipping Mask” option and click OK. Then  tick the Colorize option and use the settings from the following image. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/72.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/72.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 8 Download some <a href="http://rabieshund.deviantart.com/art/Rabies-Star-Brushset-19527557?q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Aresources/applications/psbrushes&qo=12" target="_blank">star</a> and <a href="http://ladyvictoire.deviantart.com/art/Planet-Brushes-2-31401191?q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Aresources/applications/psbrushes+planet&qo=3" target="_blank">planet</a>  brushes and install them in Photoshop. Set the foreground color to  white, create a new layer, select one of the brushes you downloaded and  use it to create some stars. Continue to add more stars and planets on  your sky. Use each brush in a new layer. Then group all these layers and  name the group “stars”. Set the opacity of each layer to 70-90%. As you can see in the image below I added a big planet in the middle  of the image and lots of stars around it to give the image a surreal  look. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/82.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/82.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 9 Download this <a href="http://patronus-stock.deviantart.com/art/Alnwick-Castle-15-65852024?q=boost%3Apopular+in%3Aresources/stockart/places&qo=74" target="_blank">castle photo</a> and open it in Photoshop. Then use the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Pen Tool</a> (P) to extract the castle from the background. Select the <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/tutorials/create-epic-battle-field-photoshop#" target="_blank">Move Tool</a>  (V) and move the castle into your first document. Use Free Transform  (Ctrl/Cmd + T) to change the size of the castle and place it in the  middle of your image, on the top of the hill. Name this layer “castle”,  hit Ctrl/Cmd + G to put it inside a group and name the group “castle” as  well. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/92.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/92.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> Step 10 Add a mask to the “castle” layer (Layer > Layer Mask > Reveal  All). Then select a black hard brush (B) and use it to erase the bottom  area of the castle to make it look like it’s really there. Also, erase  the area of the castle that covers the front rocks. <a href="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/102.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.grafpedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/102.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </blockquote>

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