Ice Palace
Tutorial from: http://www.alfoart.com/video_funny_art_1.html
The picture before and after editing (click to enlarge the pictures):
Creation of different effects on the sky imaget .
- Open image of the sky:
- Go to Image > Mode > Lab Color:
- Make the sky brighter and contrast!
- Image > Adjustments > Equalize.
- Click on the round button in layers and select curves:
- Make contrast transitions more softly!
- Change adjustments in the Lightness channel just like in the example below (lower the top point):
- Go to Image > Adjustments > Photo filter
- Select warm, light color( Density 25%):
- Image > Adjustments > Invert:
- Merge layers (Basic, Photo filter, and Curves) and convert it in RGB again (Image > mode > RGB)!
- Filter > Blur > Surface Blur (2/12):
- Image > Mode > Adjustments > Selective Color
- And select the most suitable for your picture:
- Adjust Colors:
- Let’s make light sites of clouds more friable and disseminated!
- Select light areas
- Copy and paste it inside new layer(Luminosity):
- Filter > Guassian Blur:
- Make the image more volumetric.
- Add an additional bottom part to the picture (Image > Canvas size -> +70% from height )
- Go to Filter > Distort > Spherize:
Open the image of a building:
- Select the building, using Magnetic Lasso Tool or Magic Wand Tool.
- Copy and paste it into Sky Image.
- Transform it in Edit > free transform and perspective transform.
- Repeat these actions for texture of the ground, rocks or other surface.
- Make smooth transitions between borders of the sky, building and the ground using a Clone Stamp and Blur Tool.
- If you have difficulties, the detailed description in the example here.
Creation of Ice effect:
- Click on Quick Mask.
- Fill the areas which are supposed to be icy using soft brush.
- Click on Quick Mask again:
- Go to Filter > Artistic > Plastic warp:
- Filter > Distort > Glass:
- Make the building transparent like an ice.
- Erase some places using soft and translucent brush.
- I have added a small fog in the new layer.
- I used a soft translucent brush and the Guassian Blur filter.
And here is the result! Click for larger view.
