After doing some of the Photoshop tutorials on the Lynda Website, I decided to find some images on the internet that I liked, and composited them into a one single image.
The original picture that I decided on, was this image of a big old mansion. My intentions were to create a dark and mysterious scene, combining multiple images. The multiple images that I used can be seen below. I decided to composite images of a dark cloudy sky, an old looking tree, along with a textured looking picture of rain.
Having previously never using photoshop other than on the Lynda Tutorials, I was setting myself up for a challenge.
I began the editing process by opening up all the photographs into layers on photoshop. I decided the first thing I was going to do, is change the backround sky. By doing this, I had to create a layer mask, of the mansion, to ensure that I would be able to bring it to the front of the sky!
I did this by using the quick selection tool. After selecting the area of the Mansion, I then went on to use the mask edge tool to soften the edges, then contrast & the shift edge tool. After doing this, I was fairly happy with how it turned out, and made it into a new layer. From this point I used the magic eraser tool to try and get rid of some of the rough edges that were still included within the image!
Now it was time to re-order the layers, to make sure that the new image of the sky went behind the mansion. I did this by having the sky picture as the very bottom layer. Above this, I had the
original image of the mansion, and using the soft light option, allowed the sky to come through as the backround!
I used the same steps with the other two images, to add the tree and aslo the rain to the image!
I used the Hue + Saturation Tool, the contrast tool, as well as the curves, to help blend the image of the tree into the rest!
Although it is far far far from perfect, I am relatively happy with the overall image! I feel that I managed to create the dark and mysterious scene that I was hoping to create, by using the different saturation and contrast levels, with the layers combined.
To improve, I would most definitely spend far more time on the edges of my layer, such as the mansion and the tree, to ensure that they fitted the backround seamlessly. I think doing this would ensure it looked more realistic. I would accomplish this, by spending more time on the edges tool, along with erasing some of the patches that still exist within the image! Overall I'm fairly satisfied with my composition.
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