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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8557244" data-attributes="member: 224119">20.Step 1 The first thing I did was to see if my images fit so I first made a rough cut of the man using the Pen Tool  and then I put it over the city. I reduced a bit the opacity and I  resized the man just to see how it looks. Getting the size right is  crucial because if you make your model too big or too small the effect  is not that cool. Once I new what size I will use I noted it down, I went back to the  man photo and made an accurate cut. As the man is laying down on the  grass, there are grass straws over his hands so I couldn’t cut along the  edges of his hands. To solve this problem, I cutted a wider area around  the edges so that I have more room when I get to the blending and  cloning stage. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/1-giant-man-tutorial.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 2 Once the man was in place, I selected the buildings in the foreground  and copied them on a new layer. Then, I placed the man layer below the  copied buildings. I could have created a layer mask instead of placing  the buildings on a separate layer but I decided that I will use the  layer mask to help me with the blending only and not have to worry about  the buildings anymore. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2-giant-man-tutorial.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 3 At this point I was ready to start blending the man with the new  background. Basically what it needs to be done is to remove the grass  from the hands and blend the area around the hands and the head. If you  have clean edges and you don’t need to clean up, go to Step 4. In order to remove the grass from the hands and the head I used the Clone Tool and the Patch Tool. Removing the grass from the head is very easy because of the chaotic hair pattern. Just use a bigger clone brush. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3-giant-man-tutorial.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Cleaning up the arms is a bit tricky because they also have gradient shadows as they are closer to the ground. Use the Patch Tool  on areas that are lighter and also Clone bit by bit  every grass straw.  If you don’t get a seamless blend after using the Clone Tool, use the  Patch Tool to cover that area using a clean and similar skin area. This  operation can get a bit frustrating if you don’t have practice with  the  Clone and Patch tools so take your time and save a duplicate of  your  man in case you screw up. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 4 Now it’s time to start making some adjustments to the model. In my  case I had to increase the yellows to match the surrounding buildings  and the color of the light. On the stock photo that I used as  background, the light source is on the top left so I added some shadows  on the man’s right side of the body and on the lower part of his arms. I also increased a bit the mid tones and highlights to match the  luminosity of the background layer. All these adjustments are very  important because they will give more realism to the scene. If you don’t  match your model to the background, you will not get that effect that  he’s really sitting in the middle of the city. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4a-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 5 Probably the most important thing here are shadows. Without shadows this scene is completely unrealistic. Since the light source is coming from the top left side, I casted the  shadows  on the right side of the man. I created some shadows on his  body as well using a soft brush and Soft Light Blend Mode but the most important are the ground shadows. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/5-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 6 When you’re dealing with shadows you have to think in 3D and keep in  mind where your main light source is. Also look for other shadows that  are already in the scene because they can help you establish the  direction and opacity of the shadows that you create. In this case a good clue comes from the trees because you can see  that the left sides of the crowns of all of them are highlighted and the  right sides are in shadow. That tells me that I should cast my shadows  on the man’s right side. I used multiple layers to create the shadows and then I put them all in a group. The first thing I did was some Overlay shadows using a soft medium brush and low opacity, about 20-30%. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/6a-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> The ground shadows are maybe the most difficult to recreate. I used a  soft brush with low opacity and I painted some shadows where I thought  they should be. I also tried to mimic the shape of the body in order to  get a more realistic look. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/6b-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Lastly, I casted some shadows over the buildings as well. I used a  low opacity soft brush and I painted only the side of the buildings that  are facing the man. After painting them I duplicated the layer and  changed the Blend Mode to Overlay. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/6c-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> That’s basically it. All that’s left to do now is some general adjustments. Post Editing I always like to do that on a separate document which I call post-editing. That way, I preserve the original. So select the entire canvas with the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+A and go to Edit>Copy Merged. Create a new document, paste your copied image and duplicate it just in case. Step 7 On the post editing stage I added some filters to make the scene more  epic, if you will. So make sure you have a copy of your manipulated  image and convert it into a Smart Object. To do that right-click the layer on the palette and choose Convert to Smart Object.  The reason why I converted this into a smart object is because I  applied a Lighting Filter which cannot be undone unless you apply if on  smart objects. Now go to Filters>Render>Lighting Effects and use the  settings shown in the image below. Once you apply the filter notice that  a smart filter has been created on the layer. That allows you to change  the settings of the Lighting filter any time you want as long as you  keep the layer as a smart object. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/7-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 8 The overall color of the scene is given by a gradient map. So create a new gradient map layer from Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Gradient Map or from the layer’s palette icon. Use the gradient shown in the screenshot below, Set Blend Mode to Hard Light and reduce the Opacity to 18%. I also adjusted the colors a bit using a Color Balance adjustment layer and I increased the Saturation to 10. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/8-giant-man-tutorial-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> If you want to reduce the size apply some sharpening after you scale the image down. Final Result <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/giant-man-preview-psdbox.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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