vince's blog: Compositing

This one was a long one.. but here's what I started with,

Adjusted the density via Levels. This brought out more contrast and gave the image more 'pop'

I used color range to mask off the foreground and selected the sky.

The result of color range. (Kind of like selection tool)

Added it to channels

The masked layer

Created another layer and made a gradient for sky because I felt like the background did not have that 'pop' feeling to it.

Added noise to the sky layer

Now, it's time for the Compositing.

I opened another image that I wanted a part from to add to the image above,

I started by duplicating the blue channel and clipping the levels.

Now I masked off some of the parts that I did not want to include,

There it is!

I used color balance to remove the red from the harbor

Next, I took a part of another picture to add to what I have,

A stone head

First time using the 'defringe' tool, it helped soften the edges so that the head doesn't look like a piece of cut out.

Result,

Duplicated the layer to add another stone head

I made a 3rd head, then used the brush tool (blend: color) to color the stone heads and soften the edges of the stone heads a little bit more via layer mask

Up next, I wanted to add a hindu to the image so I found a hindu and selected him,

Used the defringe tool again (I love this tool!)

Then I used a layer mask to feather the carpet a bit to my liking,

Now I used another layer and the brush tool in color mode to paint the green shirt that's on the hindu to blend a bit with the stone heads, then I attempted to make a weird glowing fake sun.