To the users of Photoshop software, I would like to say that the character of the Lotus Pond is accompanied by a dark, warm brown effect tutorial.
1, open the original material big picture, with the channel combination pen tool to pull out the characters, do not need too meticulous. The characters are then copied to the new layer, and the effect is as shown below.
2, the background layer to copy a layer, select the menu: Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur, the value is 5, determine the ALT key to add a layer mask, and then use a soft white brush to the bottom of the picture selection section.
3. Create a new layer, press CTRL + ALT + Shift + E-stamp layer, and change blending mode to "overlay". Hold down the ALT key to add a layer mask, and then wipe the area that needs to be highlighted with a white brush with a lower transparency, as shown below.
4, create an optional color adjustment layer, yellow, green, green, white to adjust, parameter settings such as Figure 4-7, the effect is shown in Figure 8. This step mainly turns the yellow-green in the picture into orange-yellow.
5, press CTRL + J to copy the current optional color adjustment layer, the effect of the following figure.
6, press CTRL + ALT + 2 to bring up the high light selection, press CTRL + Shift + I to select the dark selection, then create the curve adjustment layer, the RGB, red, blue channel adjustment, parameters and effects as shown below. This step darkens the dark part of the picture and reduces the red color and adds blue.
7, press CTRL + J to adjust the current curve layer copy layer, the effect of the following figure.
8, create an optional color adjustment layer, yellow, green, green, neutral color adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 13-16, determined to press CTRL + ALT + G to create a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 17. This step adds a warm color to the dark part of the picture.
9, create a color balance adjustment layer, the shadow adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 18, after the creation of a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 19. This step adds blue to the dark part of the picture.
10, CTRL + ALT + 2 up the high light selection, and then create a curve adjustment layer, RGB, green, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 20-22, the effect is as Figure 23. This step mainly increases the brightness contrast of the high light area.
11. Create a new layer and set the foreground color to dark green: #010201. Then use the lower edge of the transparency brush to darken the bottom area, the effect of the following figure.
12, the picture of the Lotus part is a bit too bright, need to be darkened a little. First select the layer shown in the following illustration.
13, create curve adjustment layer, RGB, red, green, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 26, after the mask is filled with black. Then use the soft-edged white brush to darken the selection part shown in Figure 27, the effect is shown in Figure 28.
14, now to replace the sky section. Copy the background layer one layer, press CTRL + Shift +] top, as shown below.
15, into the channel panel, the red channel to copy one, get the red copy channel. Press CTRL + L to adjust the levels, turn the sky White, and darken the other areas. After the determination, use the soft side black brush to paint the area outside the sky black, the horizon area can be preserved partly gray, the following figure.
16. Press CTRL + LEFT mouse button to click the red Copy channel thumbnail to load the selection. Point RGB Channel to return to the layers panel. Create a new layer underneath the plucked character layer and fill the white with the paint bucket tool. Remove the background copy layer at the top of the layer after you cancel the selection, as shown below.
17, back to the sky layer. Click to open the larger picture of the sky as shown in the image below, and then right-click to save the larger picture to this machine. Then use PS to open the Sky large map, with the move tool dragged in, and create a clipping mask, and then adjust the position, the effect of the following figure.
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18, select the menu: Filter > Blur > Gaussian blur, the value is 5, determine the effect of the following figure.
19, create curve adjustment layer, the RGB, red, green, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 34, determined after the creation of a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 35. This step darkens the sky, reduces the dark red, and increases the turquoise.
20. Create a new layer, use the elliptical marquee tool to pull out the selection shown in the following figure, feather 50 pixels and fill with orange yellow: #E39B48, remove the selection after the blending mode to "overlay", the effect of the following figure.
21. Press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, press CTRL + T to narrow it down, and then change the blending mode to "soft light", and the effect is as follows.
22. Press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, press CTRL + T to narrow it down, and then change the blending mode to "color filter", the effect is as follows.
23, then press CTRL + J to copy the current layer, press CTRL + T to narrow a little, the effect of the following figure. These steps add orange-yellow high light to the picture.
24, select the character layer, the following figure.
25, create curve adjustment layer, the RGB, blue channel adjustment, parameter settings such as Figure 41, after the creation of a clipping mask, the effect is shown in Figure 42. This step darkens the character part.
26, press CTRL + J to copy the current curve adjustment layer, create a clipping mask after the opacity to: 50%, the effect of the following figure.
27, create a solid color adjustment layer, the color is set to dark purple: #070507, after the creation of a clipping mask, and then the mask filled with black, and then use the transparency of the lower soft edges of the bottom area of the characters darker, the effect of the following figure.
28, and then fine-tune the character part of the color and light and shade, the effect of the following figure.
29, to the picture plus dark angle, local rendering a little high light, the effect of the following figure.
Finally, rub the skin of the character, strengthen the local light and finish the final effect.
Well, the above information is small set to you photoshop this software users to bring the details of the Lotus pond characters plus darkened dawn warm brown effect of the whole content of the tutorial to share, overall treatment of the characters, background, the sky three parts apart. Background main color into warm and large pressure dark, the sky part of the replacement of a light material, and color, and finally adjust the character part of the lights and colors can be, then now go to their own try it.
