Post-tutorial on the effect of Photoshop on fantasy desert scene

To the users of Photoshop software to detailed analysis of the synthesis of fantasy desert scene effect of the later tutorial.

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Step 1

First, create a new canvas with a width of 4500 pixels, a resolution of 300DPI, a white background color, and the rest default.

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Step 2

Download “ Desert ” material and import (or drag directly into) Photoshop.

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Select the Pen tool, select the path mode, and create a selection along the contours of the desert. Then press “ v” Select the Move tool and drag the desert from the selection to the new canvas, named “desert ”.

PS: path-mode pen tool is a good tool to pull the map, with the magnification tool, you can save a lot of details. But sometimes magic wand, layer mask, such as the pull-pull method is also very convenient.

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“ Desert ” finally pulled out, the effect shown in the following figure:

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Step 3

Now the footage is a little bit smaller than the canvas, and it needs to be larger to fill the canvas. Press “ ctrl+t” Select the free Transform tool, as shown in the following figure, and press the upper right corner of the transform marquee to pull,

At the same time, press “ Shift&rdquo, left click on the right corner of the control point, let “ desert ” in proportion to the entire canvas.

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“ Desert ” The effect after free transformation, as shown in the following figure:

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Step 4

Open the stormy Sky 3 footage in the sky package and then import the footage into Photoshop.

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In the stormy Sky 3 footage, there are some buildings, which need to be cleared away. Click on the stormy Sky 3 material thumbnail in the Layers panel, press “ m” Select Rectangular Marquee Tool,

Select the blanks and press “ V” is moved to the canvas, after the “desert” layer.

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The Dark sky gives a mysterious sense of the unknown, the effect shown in the following figure:

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Step 5

The following “ Sky ” rotating 180&deg, let the sky appear in a very state, creating a supernatural feeling. Press “ ctrl+t”, and then as shown in the figure below, move the mouse over the

At the bottom left, when the display is selected clockwise, press the left key to rotate the 180°.

PS: Press “ shift” can be automatically 45°, 90° to accurately rotate.

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“ Sky ” after rotation, the effect is shown in the following illustration:

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After the rotation is complete, stretch the canvas with the “ desert ” material. Press “ ctrl+t” is free to transform, as shown below the lower left corner of the control point, while pressing the “ Shift”,

Stretch proportionally, let “ sky ” fill the canvas.

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“ Sky ” Free transform, the effect is as shown in the figure below:

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Step 6

Background tones are very important to the creation of the work and need to be done well in the beginning. Because the rest of the steps below are written in a background tone.

If you do not choose a good hue at first, it will be troublesome to change in the back. So, this step will adjust the hue of “ desert ” and “ Sky ”.

Click the Adjust Layer button on the Layers panel to select the Add Curve adjustment layer in the pop-up menu, so you can easily adjust the change of the shading.

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In the pop-up dialog box, follow the figure below to pull down the middle of the curve, set input 129, output 100. The effect of this adjustment is that the picture darkens and the color is more vivid.

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Press the “ alt” left-click between the two layers shown in the image below to “ Curves 3” layer is set to a clipping mask for the “desert” layer. Also can be in “ Curves 3” Layer Right-click,

Select to create a clipping mask.

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The effect of the curve adjustment will only work on the “desert” layer, as shown in the following illustration:

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Step 7

“ Sky ” and “ desert ” materials have been joined, but the joints need to do some more processing, looking more natural. Press “ R ” Select Fuzzy Tools.

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Follow the image below to apply the red portion of the “ Sky ” and “ Desert ” to blur the edge of the “ desert ”.

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The effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Step 8

After the combination of background material, you need to adjust the light and dark, so that the brightness of the surrounding screen down, so as to highlight the elements will be designed in the center.

Create a new layer and name the layer “ Vignette&rdquo, and press “ shift+f5” filled with white #ffffff.

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Keep the current action layer still “ Vignette&rdquo, select Filter > Twist > Lens correction.

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In the “ Lens Correction ” dialog box that pops up, set the following figure: Amount-100, Midpoint30, and the rest of the defaults.

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After the confirmation, the effect of the lens correction is shown in the following illustration.

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Then change “ vignette” layer Blending mode is a multiply, layer opacity is 100%.

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The principle of a positive overlay is that white is not displayed and is often used to eliminate white in the background. Here is to make “ sky ” become more black, like adding a layer of shadow. The effect is shown in the following illustration.

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Step 9

After adjusting the background, you need to increase the light source of the screen. Before the “ Sky ” rotation, the middle has become the brightest part of the whole picture, now you need to make this part

More obvious. Create a new layer, named “ Source light&rdquo, and then right click in the canvas. In the dialog box that pops up, select the soft brush with a primary diameter of 300 pixels as shown in the following figure.

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According to the red area shown in the following picture, click with the brush.

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After clicking, will “ The Source light” layer's opacity is changed to 65%, and the effect is shown in the following illustration.

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Step 10

Because the elements in the middle of the screen Blue Paper ball flower, so the background of the color adjustment will be cold tones of the blue-violet mainly.

Click the Adjust Layer button in the image Layer panel to add a solid color adjustment layer.

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When the color picker is open, select the color #000121.

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After choosing a good color, determine the carriage return. Then adjust the opacity of the solid-color adjustment layer to 40%, and the layer blending mode is excluded. This makes the image appear a little purple,

Add the mystery of the picture.

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The effect of a solid color adjustment is shown in the following illustration:

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Continue to click the Add photo filter to adjust the layer on the layers panel.

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In the Photo Filter Adjustment Layer dialog box, set the filter to cyan, with a concentration of 10%.

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When the carriage return is determined, the effect of the photo filter adjustment is shown in the following illustration:

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Then press “ b” Select the Brush tool, color selection black, in accordance with the image of the red area painted black. This will be able to adjust the photo filter effect only in the “ Sky ” parts,

No effect on “ desert ”.

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The photo filter adjustment effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Click the Adjust Layer button in the Layers panel to add the curve adjustment layer.

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In the Curve Adjustment dialog box that pops up, select the grayscale Color Picker and click on the red circle area shown in Figure 41.

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After you determine the carriage return, the effect of the curve adjustment is shown in the following illustration:

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Now, click on the button in the Layers panel and add the curve adjustment layer as shown below.

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In the Pop-up Curve Adjustment dialog box, the following figure pulls the curve down, so the effect is to darken the image and strengthen the color contrast.

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The curve adjustment effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Click on the Adjustment Layer button in the Layers panel to add a color balance adjustment layer.

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In the pop-up color balance adjustment layer, adjust the middle of the cyan to-10, enter OK.

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The effect of the color balance adjustment is as shown in the following illustration:

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Click the Add gradient map adjustment layer in the Layers panel.

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In the Gradient Map Adjustment dialog box that pops up, select the gradient color from black to white, and others not to tick.

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When the carriage return is determined, the gradient map adjusts the opacity of the layer to 100% and changes the layer blending mode to brightness. The main function of the brightness mode is to modify the image,

For example, to color black photos, this is the background of a layer of gradient black, make the background darkened.

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The gradient map adjustment effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Now that the background has been made, the theme elements of the composite scene are about to begin.

Step 11

Below will origami Kusudama starsea material download down. Origami Kusudama Starsea means an xinghai origami ball flower.

Kusudama This word is written in Japanese “? Jade &rdquo, usually made with mixed spices, is a bit like China's sachet, and is now often used as a decorative object.

When you have finished downloading, import the paper ball material into Photoshop.

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Click on the paper ball flower material, apply the path mode Pen tool, and add anchor points along the paper ball flower rim. When the path is completely closed, right click on the path area and choose to create the selection.

Then press “ v” Select the Move tool, drag the paper ball to the main canvas and change the layer name to “origami ball”.

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“ Ball Flower ” The effect on the canvas is shown in the following illustration:

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Step 12

Then select “origami ball” layer, press “ ctrl+t” the free Transform tool. Then follow the image below and press “ shift” and left the lower right corner of the control point to the center pull,

Reduce the “ paper ball flower ” proportionally.

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“ Ball Flower ” after the free transformation of the effect, as shown in the following figure:

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Step 13

Pull out the “ paper ball flower ” after the same color adjustment. Click the Adjust Layer button on the Layers panel to select Add Hue/saturation adjustment layer.

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Double-click the hue/Saturation adjustment layer, and in the dialog box, set the following figure: Hue +140, saturation-45, brightness +15.

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Between “origami ball” layer and hue/saturation adjustment layer, press “ alt” Click the left button to set the hue/saturation adjustment layer to the clipping mask for the “origami ball” layer.

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After the hue/saturation adjustment of the,“ paper ball flower ” from orange to blue, the effect shown in the following figure:

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Click the Adjust Layer button on the layers panel to add a curve adjustment layer.

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In the Curve Adjustment Layer dialog box, drag the curve up slightly. This adjustment effect is to make “ paper ball flower ” brightness increase, in darkened background more prominent.

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“ Ball Flower ” after the curve adjustment, the effect shown in the following figure:

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Then select back to the “origami ball” layer, click on the layers panel of the adjustment layer button, add color balance adjustment layer.

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In the Color Balance Adjustment Layer dialog box, the levels are set to +23,-15,-5, adjust the return to determine.

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“ Ball Flower ” Color Balance Adjusted effect chart, as shown in the following figure:

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As shown below, click the Layer Style button on the Layers panel to select the outer glow.

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In the outer Glow dialog of the layer style, set the opacity 45%, color #89ded6, expand 10%, size 250 pixels, and set the carriage return OK.

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“ Ball Flower ” Set the effect of the external glow, as shown in the following figure:

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Step 14

Open the “iron ball” footage in Photoshop.

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Click to select “iron ball” footage, press “ p” selects the Pen tool and selects the path mode, adding anchor points along the perimeter of the “ ball ”, and then creating a selection.

After the selection is established, press “ v” Select the Move tool, drag the “ iron ball ” in the selection to the main canvas and name the layer “iron ball”.

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“ Iron ball ” pull out, the effect in the canvas is shown in the following figure.

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Step 15

Select “iron ball” layer, press “ ctrl+t” the free Transform tool. Then follow the chart below “ shift” the lower left corner of the control point to the center of the pull, proportional reduction “ iron ball ”.

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“ Iron ball ” after free transformation, the effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Step 16

Press “ e” Select Eraser Tool, set main diameter 100 pixel, hardness 0%, opacity 40%, Flow 100%. Then follow the red set part of the following figure brushing, will “ iron ball ” after the

The desert background brushes out so that it looks like the “ iron ball ” is as fast covered with sand.

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“ Iron ball ” after brushing by the eraser tool, the effect is as shown in the following illustration:

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Step 17

Click the Adjust Layer button in the Layer Control Panel to add the curve adjustment layer.

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In the Curve Adjustment dialog box, set the song down slightly or directly to the input 128, output 115 ...

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After the carriage return is determined, press the “ alt” Click between the “iron ball” layer and the curve adjustment layer to set the curve adjustment layer as the clipping mask for the “iron ball” layer.

This way, the curve adjustment layer only works on the “iron ball” layer.

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“ Iron ball ” after the curve adjustment effect, as shown in the following figure:

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Click the Adjust Layer button on the layers panel to add a hue/saturation adjustment layer.

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In the Hue/Saturation Adjustment dialog box, set hue 0, saturation-10, lightness 0, enter OK. Then between the “iron ball” layer and the hue/saturation adjustment layer,

Press the “ alt” Click to set the hue/saturation adjustment layer to the clipping mask of the “iron ball layer.

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“ Iron Ball ” after the hue/saturation adjustment effect, as shown in the following figure:

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Step 18

After the color adjustment, you need to add shadow effect to the iron ball, so that it looks more realistic. Create a new layer and name it “iron ball shadow”. Then press “ b” selection

Brush tool, set brush main diameter 100 pixel, hardness 0%, opacity 40%, Flow 100%, color #000000. Then in the “iron ball shadow” layer to follow the red part of the following figure brushing.

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The shadow effect you create should look like the following image:

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Step 19

Add additional material below to open “iron Door Handle 2” material.

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Select “iron Door Handle 2” material, press “ p” selects the Pen tool, selects the path mode, adds anchor points along the “ ring ” Edge, and establishes the selection. Then press “ v” Select Mobile Tool,

Move the “ hoop ” inside the selection to the main canvas, and the layer is named “iron Ball ancor”.

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Pull out the “ hoop ” the effect placed on the main canvas, as shown in the following illustration:

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Step 20

Continue to select “iron Ball ancor” layer, press “ ctrl+t” The Free Transform tool, press “ shift” the lower-left corner of the control point to the lira as shown below.

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The effect of the “ hoop through ” free transformation should be shown in the following figure, and the size is suitable for the iron ball.

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Step 21

In order to make “ hoop ” like with “ iron ball ” Clasp, we need to keep part of the “ Hoop ” concealed in the “ iron Ball & Rdquo, after.

Press “ e” Select Eraser Tool, set eraser main diameter 100 pixel, hardness 0%, opacity 40%, Flow 100%. Then in the “iron ball ancor” layer to follow the red part of the following figure brushing.

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“ Hoop ” Brush brushing effect as shown in the following figure:

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Step 22

Click the Adjust Layer button on the layers panel to add a hue/saturation adjustment layer. In the Hue/Saturation adjustment dialog box that pops up, set the levels: 0, +35, 0.

When the adjustment is complete, the carriage return determines. Press the “ alt” Click between the “iron ball” layer and the curve adjustment layer to set the curve adjustment layer as the clipping mask for the “iron ball” layer.

This way, the curve adjustment layer only works on the “iron ball ancor” layer.

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“ Hoop ” after the hue/saturation adjustment, the effect is as shown in the following figure:

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Click the Adjustment Layer button on the layers panel to add a curve adjustment layer.

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In the Curve Adjustment dialog box, set the input 128, output 117, enter OK. Then between the “iron ball ancor” layer and the Curve adjustment layer, press “ alt” Click,

Sets the graph layer to the clipping mask of the “iron ball ancor” layer.

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“ Hoop ” after free transformation, the effect is as shown in the following illustration:

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Select “iron Ball ancor” layer, press “ ctrl+j” the duplicate layer to the “origami ball ancor” layer, then “origami ball Rdquo Layer of iron hoop

Move to the bottom of the paper ball and let “ ball flower ” cover part “ hoop ”. The action effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Step 23

After two “ rings ” done, you can make the “ chain ” which they link. Open “ in Photoshop Rusty Iron chain” Material.

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Because the material is originally PNG format, the background is transparent, so it can be used directly. Press “ v” Select the Move tool, press the left button to drag “ chain ” to the main canvas and name the layer “ chain”.

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Selected “ chain” Layers, press “ ctrl+t” the free Change tool. Then follow the chart below “ Shift&rdquo, the left button press the control point at the bottom right to “ chain ” center shift, scaled down “ chain ”.

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“ chains ” The effect of free transformation, as shown in the following figure:

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After the small segment “ chain ” completes, can continuously copy to make the entire “ chain ”. Selected “ chain” Layers, press “ ctrl+j” copy several small “ chain &rdquo, and then move to

On the same line, with the ends “ rings ”, so the whole “ chain ” is done.

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Step 24

Here are some adjustments to the “ paper ball ”. Press “ ctrl+n” Create a new layer and name it “ light”. When finished, press “ p” Select the Pen tool, and then draw a straight line below.

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When the line is drawn, press “. b” Select Brush tool, set brush main diameter 5 pixel, hardness 0%, opacity 100%, Flow 100%, color #ffffff. Then press “ p” Select the Pen tool,

Right-click on the line and select a stroke path in the pop-up menu.

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In the Stroke Path dialog box, select the brush as the stroke tool. After selecting (the default brush), enter OK.

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After the path is painted, right-click in the line and select Delete Path in the pop-up menu.

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“ Ball Flower ” a straight line effect depicted on one edge, as shown in the following illustration:

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Continue to select “ light” layers, click the Layer Style button in the layers panel below to add an external glow effect.

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In the Outer Glow dialog box, set the Opacity 65%, color #ffffbe, expand 5%, size 35 pixels, the rest of the default, after setting, carriage return confirmation.

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“ Ball Flower ” outer glow effect as shown in the following illustration:

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PS: So on, the other edges of the paper ball are also added as the steps above to add an outer glow effect. The overall effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Step 25

The protagonist is finished, it is time to add a supporting role. Here choose a walk on the snow “ Explorer ” as add material. Open “ in Photoshop Walking on ice 1” material.

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Click Select “ Walking on Ice 1” material, press “ p” selects the Pen tool, selects the path mode, adds anchor points along the perimeter of the character, and then creates a selection.

After the selection is established, press “ v” Select the Move tool, drag the characters in the selection to the main canvas and name the layer “man”.

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“ Explorer ” pull out, placed in the position shown in the following figure.

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Select “man” Layer, choose “ Filter > Blur > Motion Blur ” in main menu.

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In the Pop-up Motion Blur dialog box, set the blur angle-90, distance 100 pixels, set good after the carriage return determines.

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The opacity of the “man” layer is then lowered to 65%.

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Press “ ctrl+j” copy a few more characters shadow, then press “ Ctrl+t&rdquo, in proportion to reduce the placement. The overall effect is shown in the following illustration:

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Final Effect Chart!

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Here, the PS translation Tutorial has been completed. It can be said that the PS tutorial will not be too difficult, the main operations include the pull map, free transform, various adjustment layers and layer style settings.

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