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Message: <blockquote data-quote="creativeN" data-source="post: 8592028" data-attributes="member: 224119">22. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Dreamscapes-preview.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Materials needed Woman stock – <a href="http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Bridal-5-113832921" target="_blank">http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/art/Bridal-5-113832921</a> Rose petals – <a href="http://two-ladies-stocks.deviantart.com/art/rose-petals-78232247" target="_blank">http://two-ladies-stocks.deviantart.com/art/rose-petals-78232247</a> Pigeon -<a href="http://rewston-stock.deviantart.com/art/Wing-stock-14-55600948" target="_blank"> http://rewston-stock.deviantart.com/art/Wing-stock-14-55600948</a> Sky – <a href="http://www.sxc.hu/photo/478998" target="_blank">http://www.sxc.hu/photo/478998</a> Sea -<a href="http://www.sxc.hu/photo/838874" target="_blank"> http://www.sxc.hu/photo/838874</a> Step 1 For this tutorial we are using another stock image from <a href="http://mjranum-stock.deviantart.com/" target="_blank">mjranum-stock</a>. Open the model image in photoshop and start extracting the woman from the background. I used the Pen Tool (P)  and instead of erasing the background I used a layer mask. After  masking the background I reduced the size of the image to 1200×616  pixels. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/1-background-crop.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 2 Once you have the background masked, add the sky on a new layer below  the girl and adjust its size to fit your canvas. Use a soft brush and  erase or mask the lower half like in the image below. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/2-background-sky.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 3 Now duplicate the sky or paste it again and apply Gaussian Blur. Try  to get something like in the image below. Use a soft brush to blend the  edges with the other half of the sky. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/3-blur-sky.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 4 Use a Levels adjustment layers to increase the woman’s highlights, also increase Saturation and with the help of a Color Balance adjustment layer add blue and cyan (using the sliders) to the highlights and mid-tones. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/4-woman-adjustments.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 5 Now you will learn a photoshop technique to make reflections on  uneven objects like the dress of this woman. Duplicate the woman layer  and flip it vertically. Position it below the original layer and open  the Liquify filter from Filter>Liquify… Use different size brushes inside the filter and drag the dress until  it meets the original (make sure you activate the option “View backdrop  to see the other layers). After you make the reflection, create a layer  mas and use the Gradient Tool (G) or a soft brush to  hide the bottom part of the reflection. Also make sure you hide the head  on the reflection because in the real world it would not be visible. Change the layer’s blending mode to Linear Light apply a 1,5px Gaussian Blur and reduce the opacity to about 50%. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/5-woman-reflection.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 6 Use a soft edge brush and 20% opacity and paint some shadows under the woman. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/6-woman-shadow.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 7 Go to the sky layer added on step 2 and and add a Levels and Hue Saturation  adjustment layers. On the levels, increase the mid tones (middle  slider) to 1,68 and increase the saturation to +37. These two  adjustments will make the sky brighter. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/7-sky-adjustment-layers.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 8 Open the sea image in photoshop and paste it below the girl and her  shadow layers but above the blurred sky that you made on step 3. Use a  big soft brush and mask out the image like in the screenshot below. I  named this layer pond ripples. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/8-pond.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 9 The water is way to dark to leave it as it is so I added some  adjustment layers to turn it blue and also lighter. The main reason why I  added the water is because I wanted to have some natural ripples. I  could have done that manually but it would take too long so I went for  the easy option. Add a Levels adjustment layer to the pond ripples and change the  blending mode (of the adjustment layer) to Screen. Also add a color  adjustment layer (blending mode normal this time) and use the settings  shown below. Now I had exactly what I wanted, clear blue water. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/9-pond-adjustments.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 10 Open the swan image and subtract it from the background. I used a  soft edge brush on the part of the water to blend it nicely. I used a  Levels adjustment layers just like I did with the woman to increase the  highlights and Color Balance to apply a blue cast. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/10-swan.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 11 Add the pigeon, decrease its size to about 20% and again use levels  to adjust the contrast. This time I used a solid color and blending mode  Hue to create the blue color cast on the pigeon. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/11-pigeon.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> Step 12 Open the rose petals png in photoshop and grab a few different  petals. Paste them over the water, duplicate each one of  them and move  them down a few pixels to create reflections. Change the duplicated  petals blending mode to Soft Light and reduce their opacity to 50%.You  will have to increase the saturation and also increase the contrast  using Curves or Levels. I also painted some subtle shadows under each  petal. <img src="http://www.psdbox.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/12-petals.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> I also wanted to add some rain but it didn’t look very good so I  discarded it for this tutorial. You can see how I made all the effects  and shadows in the PSD file which you can download below. I hope you liked the tutorial.</blockquote>

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