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    Photoshop Tutorials: Photoshop Matte Painting in Easy Steps


    Photoshop Tutorials: Photoshop Matte Painting in Easy Steps

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    Photoshop Matte Painting in Easy Steps

    Posted: 20 May 2013 12:00 AM PDT

    Preview of Final Results


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    Step 1 – Size

    Open the background stock. The size of the stock is width: 2250px and Height: 1500px.

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    Step 2 – Smart Object

    Transform the background into a smart object. Pressing right click in the layer thumbnail and selecting the option Convert to smart object.

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    Step 3 – Smart Object

    Press double click in the smart object thumbnail.

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    Step 4 – Edit

    Now a new window will pop up. This allow you to edit the smart object. So press ok.

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    Step 5 – Duplicate

    Now press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer in case you need to go back to the original image.In this layer you will use the patch tool to hide undesired parts of the image.

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    Step 6 – Duplicate and Change color

    Press Ctrl+J to duplicate the layer and then press Ctrl+U and in the option saturation put -70. The image will have this color.

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    Step 7 – Save

    The the changes you made to the smart object  press ctrl + S and close the window.

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    Step 8 – River

    Now go to folder you have the stocks and grab the image of the river. You will see that the image is an smart object itself, you can change the size clicking in the corners.

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    Step 9 – Layer Mask

    Create a layer mask to erase the undesired parts of the image. Pick a soft round brush to paint over the parts you want to remove. You will have something like this:

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    Step 10 – Hue and Saturation

    Go to Create a new fill or adjustment layer and click in the option Hue/Saturation.

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    Reduce the Saturation to -60.

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    Step 11 – Apply to one object

    To Apply the changes only in the layer of the river you have to press right click over the Hue and Saturation layer and select the option Create Clipping Mask.

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    Step 12 – Duplicate

    Now go back to the Background image and duplicate the layer pressing Ctrl+J and then change the layer mode to soft light.

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